Hiran Gonçalves
Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva | |
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![]() Official portrait as senator | |
Senator for Roraima | |
Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
Federal Deputy for Roraima | |
In office 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2023 | |
Constituency | Roraima |
Personal details | |
Born | Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil | 5 May 1968
Political party | PP (2016–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Spouse | Gerlane Baccarin |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Federal University of Amazonas (BM) |
Profession | Physician |
Website | www |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Hiran Gonçalves – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "1º Fórum Nacional de Atenção à Pessoa com Deficiência Visual" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Mendonça, Benné (11 October 2018). "Hiran Gonçalves agradece eleitores e movimento médico por sua reeleição". Roraima Em Foco. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- 1968 births
- Brazilian ophthalmologists
- Living people
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Roraima
- People from Amazonas (Brazilian state)
- Progressistas politicians
- Brazilian politician stubs
- Party of the Brazilian Woman politicians
- Party of National Mobilization politicians
- Humanist Party of Solidarity politicians
- Social Labour Party politicians
- People from Tefé