Johnathan de Jesus

Johnathan Pereira de Jesus (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Roraima, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Johnathan de Jesus
de Jesus in April 2018
Federal Deputy from Roraima
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Chamber REPUBLICANOS Leader
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Preceded byCelso Russomanno
Personal details
Born
Johnathan Pereira de Jesus

(1983-09-03) 3 September 1983
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
Political party

Personal life

de Jesus was born to Mecias de Jesus and Luzeni Carvalho Ribeiro.[1] Before he became a politician Santos briefly worked as a physician and bushinessman.[1] Unlike most PRB politicians who belong to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, de Jesus and his family belong to the Nova Vida Baptist church.[2]

Political career

de Jesus voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] de Jesus voted against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[4] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

References

  1. "JHONATAN DE JESUS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. Matos, Fábio (15 July 2012). "Voz da Universal no Congresso, PRB quer dobrar número de prefeitos e mira 2014". IG São Paulo (in Portuguese). Último Segundo. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. "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.
  4. "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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. "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.
Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
Preceded by
Celso Russomanno
Chamber REPUBLICANOS Leader
2019−present
Incumbent
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