Vicente Alves de Oliveira Júnior (born 11 April 1985) better known as Vicentinho Júnior is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Goiás, he has spent his political career representing Tocantins, having served as federal deputy representative since 2015.[1]

Vicentinho Júnior
Vicentinho Júnior in September 2015
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2015
ConstituencyTocantins
Personal details
Born
Vicente Alves de Oliveira Júnior

(1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39)
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyPP (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PL (2007–09; 2016–22)
  • PSC (2009–13)
  • PSB (2013–16)

Personal life

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Vicentinho Júnior was born to Vicente Alves de Oliveira e Adailde Alves de Oliveira.[1] In addition to being a politician, Vicentinho Júnior previously was a businessman.[1]

Political career

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Initially affiliated with the Brazilian Socialist Party, Vicentinho Júnior was elected to the chamber of deputies under the party's banner in the 2014 Brazilian general election. In 2015 he joined the Party of the Republic.[1] In November 2018 Vicentinho Júnior became the leader of the Party of the Republic for the state of Tocantins.[2][3]

Vicentinho Júnior voted against the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[5] and would vote in favor of opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "VICENTINHO JÚNIOR – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Deputado federal Vicentinho Júnior assume presidência do PR no Tocantins". Conexão Tocantins. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Vicentinho Júnior assume comando do PR no Tocantins e quer criar base forte". Gazeta do Cerrado. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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]. G1 Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "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.