Johnathan Pereira de Jesus (born 3 September 1983) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing

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, having served as state representative since 2015.

Personal life

de Jesus was born to

Mecias de Jesus Antonio Mecias Pereira de Jesus (born 8 February 1962) more commonly known as Mecias de Jesus is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima. He previously served in the state legislature from 1995 to 2019. Personal life de Jes ...

and Luzeni Carvalho Ribeiro. Before he became a politician, Santos briefly worked as a physician and bushinessman. Unlike most Partido Republicano Brasileiro (PRB) politicians who belong to the

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, de Jesus and his family belong to the Nova Vida Baptist church.

Political career

de Jesus voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president

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

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. He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.

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1983 births Living people People from Boa Vista, Roraima Brazilian Baptists 21st-century Brazilian physicians Republicans (Brazil) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Roraima {{Brazil-politician-stub