Izalci Lucas Ferreira (born 7 April 1956) is a federal senator of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, although born in

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

he represents the Federal District. He previously served in the legislature of federal deputies from 2008 to 2019.

Personal life

Lucas was born in

Araújos Araújos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 9,401 people living in a total area of 245 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bo ...

, to Antonio Ferreira Neto and Maria Ferreira de Melo. Prior to becoming a politician, Lucas worked as a business contractor. Lucas is married to Ivone Fernandes and has two sons: Sérgio and Renato.

Political career

Lucas voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president

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. Lucas voted against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

. He voted in favor of the

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. In the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held ...

Lucas was elected to the federal senate with 399,297 votes. During

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato) was a criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil's Curitiba branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge in France, but unlike judges in the common law ...

, Lucas was investigated on suspicion of financial fraud.

References

1956 births Living people People from Minas Gerais Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Democrats (Brazil) politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from the Federal District {{Brazil-politician-stub