Hiran Gonçalves

Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva
Official portrait as senator
Senator for Roraima
Assumed office
1 February 2023
Federal Deputy for Roraima
In office
1 February 2015 – 31 January 2023
ConstituencyRoraima
Personal details
Born (1968-05-05) 5 May 1968 (age 56)
Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
Political partyPP (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
See list
  • PL (2001–06)
  • PR (2006–09)
  • PTN (2009–10)
  • PHS (2010–11)
  • PSDB (2011–13)
  • PMN (2013–15)
  • PMB (2015–16)
SpouseGerlane Baccarin
Children5
Alma materFederal University of Amazonas (BM)
ProfessionPhysician
Websitewww.deputadohirangoncalves.com.br

Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva (born 5 May 1968) is a Brazilian politician as well as a physician and ophthalmologist. Although born in Amazonas, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life

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Gonçalves married to Gerlane Baccarin with whom he has one child and he has four other children from a first marriage and he has four grandchildren. Gonçalves is a physician prior to entering politics, and has also worked as an ophthalmologist and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.[2] Gonçalves moved with his family from Amazonas to Roraima in 1982, he worked as a medical examiner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) in Roraima from 1982 to 2007. He has served briefly as a health inspector to prevent cancer and sexual abuse in the Northwest states of Brazil.[3]

Political career

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Gonçalves was initially a member of Party of National Mobilization shortly before running for office switched to the Progressive Party.[1]

Gonçalves voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Gonçalves voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hiran Gonçalves – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ "1º Fórum Nacional de Atenção à Pessoa com Deficiência Visual" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ Mendonça, Benné (11 October 2018). "Hiran Gonçalves agradece eleitores e movimento médico por sua reeleição". Roraima Em Foco. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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