Marco Maia is the current president of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies – and thus the third in Brazil’s presidential line of succession. He previously served as the vice leader of the Workers’ Party at the Chamber of Deputies and as the vice president of the Chamber. Mr. Maia was also the vice president of the Commission on Labor, Administration and Public Service and a member of the Commission on Transportation. Prior to that, he was the head of the urban train company in the city of Porto Alegre and the regional director of the National Association of Public Transportation (ANTP). Maia’s third mandate as a deputy started in 2011 and will last until 2015.