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569:. He started working at the age of 19, working as a broadcaster at RĂĄdio Difusora in Teresina, PiauĂ. As a bank employee, he worked as a manager at Banco do Nordeste, as a cashier and substitute manager at Banco do Estado do PiauĂ, in SĂŁo JoĂŁo do PiauĂ and, at the age of 22, he passed the competition for Caixa EconĂŽmica Federal (CEF) of which is a career employee, holding the position of manager in 1984. Wellington Dias started political activism at a young age, working in the university student movement, getting involved with the Ecclesiastical Base Communities (CEBs) and also in the union movement. In 1985, he joined the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and participated as a member of the Central Ănica dos Trabalhadores, becoming president of APCEF (Personnel Association of Caixa EconĂŽmica Federal) between 1986 and 1989 and president of the Union of Bank employees of the State of PiauĂ between 1989 and 1992. Also between 1987 and 1988, Dias chaired the deliberative board of Fenae Corretora de Seguros and, between 1988 and 1989, he was secretary of the fiscal council of the same institution. As a writer, he is the author of five literary works and has even received an honorable mention for the "Contest of Tales JoĂŁo Pinheiro", from the Secretariat of Culture of PiauĂ. In addition, Wellington Dias is married to federal deputy Rejane Dias with whom he has three children: Iasmin, VinĂcius and Daniely.
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