Adriano Silva (Brazilian politician, born 1978)

Adriano Bornschein Silva (born 1 March 1978)[1] is a Brazilian businessman, politician, and volunteer firefighter.[2] He is the current mayor of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He is president of the Catarinense Pharma group.[3] He is the only mayor in Brazil by the New Party and says he identifies with former President Jair Bolsonaro.[4]

Adriano Silva
46th Mayor of Joinville
Assumed office
1 January 2021
Vice MayorRejane Gambin
Preceded byUdo Döhler
Personal details
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978 (age 46)
Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Political partyNew (2018–present)
SpouseBianca Silva
Children2
Alma materMackenzie Presbyterian University (BBA)
WebsiteOfficial website (in Portuguese)

Personal life, education, and career

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Silva was born on 1 March 1978 in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He is married with Bianca Silva, and they have two children, Isabela Silva and Lucas Silva. Silva is Lutheran.[5]

He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, in São Paulo.[6]

In 2003, Silva joined Joinville's Volunteer Fire Department, where he worked in the fire brigade, and as coordinator for the children firefighters. Later, he also served as vice-president of the institution.[5] To this day he is a volunteer, and for seventeen years he is a rescuer on call, just staying away from his functions for four months in 2020 due to his election campaign.[2]

Silva is the great-grandson of the founder of Catarinense Pharma, a pharmaceutical company in Brazil, where he started working as a marketing assistant. Today he presides the company.[5]

Political career

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Silva joined the New Party in 2018, and in the 2020 municipal election, he ran for the Joinville's mayor office for the first time.[5] In the first round, with just 13 seconds of television air time,[7] the second lowest air time among all the candidates,[8] Silva received 22,98% of the valid votes, finishing in second place, behind Darci de Matos, from PSD.[9]

On 29 November 2020, Silva won the second round of the municipal elections, with 55,43% of the valid votes.[9]

On 1 January 2021, Silva took office as the 46th[10] mayor of Joinville.[11]

On 5 January 2021, five days after heavy rain damaged the city, he declared state of emergency in the city.[12] On 8 January 2021, he reduced by 46% the readjustment of the urban cleaning tax. Silva said he understands "the beneficts that this decision brings to people".[13]

On 12 January 2021, Silva extended the restrictive measures that were in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19,[14] although when he still was a candidate, he opposed such measures, saying he was "against lockdown, because when the government did that, it created a severe social problem".[4]

On 26 January 2021, Silva met with Santa Catarina governor Carlos Moisés in Florianópolis, and delivered three priority demands for the city: a request for the state government to partly support the paychecks of São José Municipal Hospital staff, a requisition to increase the monthly funds that are transferred to the Children's Hospital, and the request of financial support for the construction of a bridge connecting the city districts of Fátima and Guanabara.[15]

Silva said one of the priorities of his administration is to approve a pension reform for the city servants (called Ipreville) still in 2021. The project has already been forwarded by the previous administration.[16] In February 2021, the Union of Municipal Servants of Joinville (SINSEJ) started a mobilization against the pension reform intended by the Silva government. The city said it had 908 thousand reais in federal transfers of covenants blocked for not having the certificate of social security regularity (CRP). The municipality claims that without the reform, the CRP will not be renewed. SINSEJ claims that the bill cannot "be paid by the servants."[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Conheça Adriano Silva: concorrendo ao cargo de prefeito em Joinville-SC pelo NOVO" [Meet Adiano Silva: running for the mayor's office in Joinville, SC for the New Party]. Diário do Rio (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Prefeito de Joinville atrai curiosos ao atender acidente como bombeiro" [Mayor of Joinville attracts onlookers when responding to an accident call as a rescuer]. ND+ (in Portuguese). ND Group. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Prefeito e vereadores de Joinville tomam posse; veja lista de eleitos" [Mayor and council members of Joinville take office; see list of elected]. G1 (in Portuguese). Globo Group. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Souza, Marcos de Moura (1 December 2020). "Único prefeito do Novo diz se identificar com Bolsonaro" [Only mayor from New Party says he identifies with Bolsonaro]. Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). Globo Group. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Confira o perfil do prefeito eleito de Joinville, Adriano Silva" [Check out the profile of the elected mayor of Joinville, Adriano Silva]. O Município Joinville (in Portuguese). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ Morriesen, Cláudia (29 November 2020). "Quem é Adriano Silva, candidato a prefeito de Joinville nas eleições 2020" [Who is Adriano Silva, mayor candidate for Joinville in the 2020 elections]. A Notícia (in Portuguese). NC Group. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ^ Tuon, Ligia (2 December 2020). "Contra todas as chances: Como Silva virou 1º e único prefeito do Novo" [Against all odds: how Silva became the first and only mayor of the New Party]. Exame (in Portuguese). Editora e Comércio Valongo. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  8. ^ Guerreiro, Juliane (6 October 2020). "Definidos os tempos de TV dos candidatos a prefeito de Joinville" [TV air time for the mayor candidates of Joinville defined]. ND+ (in Portuguese). ND Group. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Resultado das Eleições e Apuração Joinville-SC - 2º Turno" [Vote counting and election results for Joinville, SC - second round]. G1 (in Portuguese). Globo Group. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Listas de prefeitos municipais" [List of municipal mayors] (in Portuguese). Mayor Office of Joinville. 1 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. ^ "'Lutaremos para salvar vidas', diz prefeito de Joinville em cerimônia de posse" ['We will fight to save lives', says Joinville's mayor in inauguration ceremony]. G1 (in Portuguese). Globo Group. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Joinville (SC) decreta situação de emergência após chuvas no Réveillon" [Joinville, SC declares state of emergency after new year's rain]. Metrópoles (in Portuguese). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. ^ Della Justina, Patrícia (8 January 2021). "Taxa de limpeza urbana de Joinville terá reajuste menor do que anunciado" [Urban cleaning tax of Joinville will have a lower readjustment than previously announced]. A Notícia (in Portuguese). NC Group. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  14. ^ Morriesen, Cláudia (12 January 2021). "Joinville tem medidas restritivas contra o coronavírus prorrogadas por mais sete dias" [Restrictive measures against the coronavirus extended for another seven days in Joinville]. A Notícia (in Portuguese). NC Group. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  15. ^ Silveira, Felipe (26 January 2021). "Adriano Silva visita Carlos Moisés e pede recursos para Hospital São José" [Adriano Silva visits Carlos Moisés and asks for resources for São José Hospital]. O Mirante Joinville. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  16. ^ Igor, Renato (8 January 2021). "Reforma da previdência dos servidores de Joinville é prioridade para Adriano Silva" [Pension reform of the Joinville city servants is a priority for Adriano Silva]. NSC Total (in Portuguese). NC Group. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  17. ^ Saavedra, Jefferson (February 8, 2021). "Sindicato dos Servidores de Joinville reage e inicia mobilização contra reforma" [Joinville Servers Union reacts and starts mobilization against reform]. NSC Total (in Portuguese). NC Group. Retrieved February 9, 2021.