Childhood He was born on 8 December 1969 in
João Pessoa, capital of
Paraíba. Farias is son of the doctor
Luiz Lindbergh Farias and the university professor
Ana Maria. He was named after his father, a tribute to the grandfather of the American aviator
Charles Lindbergh, who was the first man to cross the
Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Lindbergh spent his childhood in
Paraíba, along with his siblings Fred, Rodrigo and Georgiana.
Student movement His grandfather was a Communist Party voter. His father studied in Rio de Janeiro and was National Vice President of the Nationals Union of Students in 1961. According to himself, Lindbergh grew up reading about the left-wing thinking and, at the age of 14, considered himself a socialist. At 16, joined
Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), where he acted in the youth wing, being elect National President of the Union of the Socialist Youth (UJS) a few years later. At 17, began his studies in Medicine at
Federal University of Paraíba. In 1990, joined, upon submission to selection by the entrance exam, in the Law course, and joined the Students' Central Directory (DCE). At 21, Farias was elect Secretary-General of the National Union of Students and moved to São Paulo. In an interview to
Folha de S.Paulo, Lindbergh said: "We left the museum, walked through Avenida Paulista, went down to Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Antônio and finished in front of the Law School of USP, in Largo São Francisco". ==Political career==