José Abílio Silva de Santana (born 13 February 1965) popularly known as pastor Abílio Santana is a Brazilian preacher and politician of the Podemos political party. He was elected to the Brazilian chamber of Federal Deputies in 2018.[1]
Abílio Santana | |
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023 | |
Constituency | Bahia |
Personal details | |
Born | José Abílio Silva de Santana 13 February 1965 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
Political party | PODE (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | |
Occupation | Evangelical pastor |
Life and career
editDe Santana was born in Salvador in 1965. He is one of the influential preachers in the largest Pentecostal Protestant missionary congress in Brazil, the Gideões Missionários da Última Hora based in Camboriú.[2] In 2018, he was involved in a severe auto crash in Northern Bahia and was rushed to a hospital in Casa Nova Municipality and later transferred Juazeiro. He was elected a Federal Deputy in the 2018 election of the federal deputies with total votes of 50,345 or (0.73%) cast for his party.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Deputado Federal Abílio Santana". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "Janela partidária: ao menos 23,8% dos deputados trocam de legenda, aponta levantamento; veja lista". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "José Abílio Silva de Santana". Escavador (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "Candidato à Câmara dos Deputados sofre grave acidente na Bahia". AmargosaNews (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2022-06-21.