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João Henrique Caldas

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João Henrique Caldas
Caldas in December 2015
Mayor of Maceió
Assumed office
1 January 2021
Preceded byRui Palmeira [pt]
Federal Deputy for Alagoas
Assumed office
1 February 2011
State Deputy for Alagoas
In office
1 February 2010 – 31 January 2011
Personal details
Born (1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 (age 37)
Maceió, Brazil
Political partyPL

João Henrique Holanda Caldas (born 22 July 1987) often referred to as JHC is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing Alagoas, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011.[1] He is currently the mayor of the capital Maceió since 2021.

Personal life

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Caldas is the son of João Caldas da Silva and Eudócia Maria Holanda de Araújo.[1] His father is also a politician, having served in the chamber of deputies as well.[2] He is an alumnus of the Centro Universitário Cesmac (CESMAC). Caldas is a member of the neo-Pentecostal church Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus.[3] Caldas has also worked as a lawyer.[1]

Political career

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In the 2009 local elections Caldas was elected to the legislative assembly of Alagoas.[4] In the following year in the 2010 Brazilian general election Caldas was elected to the federal senate.[1]

Caldas voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[5] Caldas voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[6] and would vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "JHC – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ Mota, Ricardo (18 August 2017). "Protagonismo eleitoral de João Caldas obscurece atuação de JHC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Fotos mostram JHC pedindo votos em culto" (in Portuguese). Gazeta de Alagoas. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Eleições 2010 - Deputados estaduais eleitos em Alagoas" (in Portuguese). R7. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.