1. Introduction

Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança; born 3 April 1969) is a Brazilian political scientist, activist, entrepreneur, and member of the House of Orléans-Braganza. He was elected Federal Deputy for São Paulo in the 2018 Brazilian elections for the Social Liberal Party with 118,457 votes.^[1]

2. Biography

Luiz Philippe was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, the son of Prince Eudes Maria Rainier de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach and Ana Maria Bragança. Luiz Philippe is the grandson of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, who was the great-grandson of Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil.^[2]

Luiz Philippe studied business at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) and in 1993 received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. In 1997 he received an MBA from INSEAD.^[2][3]

3. Professional Life

The professional trajectory of Luiz Philippe began in the United States, where he worked in companies of the financial market. Luiz Philippe was part of the financial planning of Saint-Gobain, a French multinational, between 1993 and 1996. He then worked for three years at the JP Morgan investment bank in London and the investment bank at Lazard Frères in New York City . From 2000, he returned to Brazil as director of business development for America Online (AOL) in Latin America. In 2005 he became an entrepreneur, when he founded the company IKAT do Brasil, which operates in the field of motorcycle parts distribution. In 2012 Luiz Philippe founded ZAP Tech, an incubator of means of payment for mobile platforms.^[4][5]

4. Political Activism

Luiz Philippe founded the liberal movement "Acorda Brasil" in 2014. The following year, during the impeachment process of former President Dilma Rousseff, he presented a political reform bill to the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia. He participated in the development and intermediation with the Federal Senate, in 2016, of a Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC) that allows the non-confidence vote of a president. Luiz Philippe also participates in the Canal Terça Livre with the Caia na Real program, and travels Brazil with the lecture Redeferindo o Brasil.^[6] Luiz Philippe também participa do Canal Terça Livre com o programa Caia na Real, e viaja o Brasil com a palestra Redefinindo o Brasil.^[7]

He was elected Federal Deputy for the Social Liberal Party (PSL) when competing for the state of São Paulo, being the 33rd most voted in the state.^[8] sendo o 33º mais votado no estado.^[9] Almost came to compete for the Vice-Presidency of Brazil on the plate of the candidate Jair Bolsonaro, from the same party.^[10]

Among his proposals is the creation of a fourth power in the figure of a head of state, with a veto, equal to parliamentarism; inversion of the state's public spending pyramid; creation of a new constitution along the lines of the Brazilian Constitution of 1824, at a time when the Monarchy was the model of ruling government.^[11]

5. Publications

• (in pt) Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado? – o que fazer para entrarmos de vez no século XXI. 2017. ISBN 9788581638676.