Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes (

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, March 28, 1969), also known as Hélio Negão (literally: big black Hélio) and Hélio Bolsonaro, is a Brazilian military

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and politician. A member of PSL ( Social Liberal Party), he ran in the 2018 election and was elected Federal Deputy. He received the most votes in the

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, and is the most-voted

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in Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian history. Lopes is known for being a close friend of

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Political life

Lopes ran in 2004 as a PRP member to the position of

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in the municipality of

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in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was not elected, having obtained only 277 votes. In 2014 he ran as a PTN member to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, but had his candidacy rejected. In 2016 he ran as PSC's candidate to the position of alderman in the municipality of

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in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was again not elected, having obtained only 480 votes. In 2018, Lopes was a candidate from his current party, PSL, to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, receiving direct support from his friend and fellow party member,

, who was elected

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. He received 345,234 votes (4.47% invalid votes) for Congress, thus becoming the most-voted candidate for Federal Deputy in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the general elections of 2018, and also the most-voted Brazilian of predominantly African descent in the history of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Helio Fernando Barbosa 1969 births Living people Politicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian politicians of African descent Social Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians Progressive Republican Party (Brazil) politicians Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian military personnel