André Luis Gaspar Janones (born 5 May 1984) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and member of

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. Since 2019, he has been a

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for

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Biography

He was born in Ituiutaba, on 5 May 1984. He is the son of Divina Gaspar Janones. His first job was as a bus conductor between 2003 and 2005. In 2004, he got a scholarship at the then Fundação Educacional de Ituiutaba, now a unit of the

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. In 2005, he started working as a clerk at the Court of Justice of the State of Minas Gerais, in Ituiutaba. In 2008, he passed the

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exam and set up his firm André Janones & Advogados Associados. He is a member of the Lagoinha Church.

Political career

In 2016, he ran for mayor of Ituiutaba, finishing in second place with 13,759 votes (24.40% of valid votes). He gained notoriety when he proclaimed himself one of the main leaders of the truck drivers' strike in Brazil in 2018 and, as a result, he ended up being elected federal deputy in the

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. He was the third most voted federal deputy in Minas Gerais, receiving 178,660 votes (1.77% of the valid votes in the election). He was highlighted during the Auxílio Emergencial votes, where his live on

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became the most commented on in the western world, with 3.3 million views and 177 thousand comments, equaling the mark of the '' sertanejo'' singer

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. On 29 January 2022, his pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic, by his party, Avante, was made official. On August 4, 2022, during a live broadcast alongside former president and candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Janones withdrew from the candidacy to support the PT. “From that moment on, our candidacy is unified and starts to be represented by the candidacy of President Lula”, he declared.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janones, Andre Living people 1984 births Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais Avante (political party) politicians Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Baptists Brazilian lawyers 21st-century Brazilian politicians