João Henrique Caldas

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]

João Henrique Caldas
Caldas in December 2015
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
Maceió, Brazil
Political partyPSB

Personal life

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

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]

gollark: It should probably be *fairly* non-horrible to make session initialization also do a key exchange.
gollark: Okay, I know how to do it securely, not sure about other things.
gollark: And securely.
gollark: I'm not really sure how to do this elegantly.
gollark: Suuuuuuuuure it is.

References
  1. "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 21 February 2019. 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 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.


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