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Everaldo Dias Pereira (born 22 February 1956), better known as Pastor Everaldo, is a Brazilian pastor, businessman and politician affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC). He is a pastor in the
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church and has been the national president of the PSC. He was the PSC's candidate for
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in the 2014 election, in which he placed fifth, with 0.75 percent of the total votes.


Biography

Pereira is the son of pastor Heraldo and missionary Dilma and was born in
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, a poor neighborhood in the North Zone of
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. His parents gave him the same name as his uncle. The family residence was the location of the
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Madureira Ministry. He has five siblings: Meirelaine, Ivete, Edivaldo, Edmilson and Marcos. Pereira learned to work early. At age six, he was already helping his father sell plant pots at fairs. At ten, he made friends with marketers and started selling bananas, mugs and cups. He also became a bricklayer and an office errand boy. When Pereira was 14, he was approved in a public tender and accepted into the Reinsurance Institute of Brazil (IRB). At 17 years old, he joined the Economy and Finances College of Rio de Janeiro and paid for his studies with the salary received from his work at the institute. Later, he created his own company. By the 1989 election, he had become an active supporter of presidential candidate
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and a public figure. Pereira's second wife is gospel singer Ester Batista, and he is a father to three children. He was previously married to Maeli de Almeida. Between the two marriages, he was in a relationship with Kátia Miriam Offredi Maia, who accused him of physical aggression, followed by death threats. Kátia Miriam claimed she was in a stable union with Pereira.


Political career

Pereira kept himself in the political background until the electoral success of
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( PR, former PDT) and
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( PT) when they ran for Governor and Vice-Governor, respectively, of the state of
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. Both politicians were evangelicals. They had the support of former federal deputy bishop Manoel Ferreira (PSC), leader of Pereira's church. From 1999 to 2003, Pereira was selected to be the assistant chief of staff of the state government. He was responsible for the implementation of the first "
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" of Brazil: "Cheque-Cidadão". In 2003, he joined the Social Christian Party as vice-president. After more than a decade, he decided to run for public office for the first time. In 2016 he baptized the future Brazilian President
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in the
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. Bolsonaro declared himself to be a Catholic, although he attended the Baptist church for 10 years.


Critics and controversies

Pastor Pereira was considered a "public enemy" by
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activists for being one of the advocates of the campaign "Man + Woman = Family", which was promoted by the PSC in 2012. He also received criticism from defenders of LGBT rights after declaring in his 2014 bid for the presidency that, if elected, he would propose a law to the National Congress to revert the decision of the
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(STF) recognizing
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in Brazil. The pastor also drew flak from sectors linked to
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for opposing
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. During the presidential campaign, Pereira also positioned himself against proposals of drug legalization and assumed the image of a defender of the traditional family, arguing that it is mandated by the
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. In 2012, he was convicted and ordered to pay his ex-wife, Katia Maia, an indemnity of R$ 85,000 (
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26,350) for material and moral damage. Pastor Everaldo asked the Justice Court of Rio de Janeiro (TJ-RJ) to overturn the decision and was acquitted by the
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. In 2013, Pereira's ex-wife initiated in the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) a new judicial process, alleging that the pastor committed physical violence, followed by death threats. Katia Maia said that during the aggression there were "kicks and punches, that caused a puncture in er
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". Pereira, however, said he acted in legitimate self-defense after a car pursuit in the streets of
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. In August 2016, Pereira was also accused of threatening a young woman who claimed to have been attacked and sexually harassed by federal deputy Pastor Marco Feliciano, one of the most prominent names of the PSC, the party Pereira presided over. The threat allegedly happened after the woman refused to accept hush money. In January 2017, it was revealed that, during the 2012 municipal elections, Pereira asked for money from former federal deputy and President of the Chamber
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. In 2020, he was arrested by Operation Tris in Idem, conducted by Federal Police to investigate corruption in Rio de Janeiro State's health secretary.


See also

* Conservatism *
2014 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president, the National Congress, and state governorships.
* Social Christian Party


References


External links


Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Everaldo 1956 births Living people Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian anti-communists Candidates for President of Brazil Brazilian Pentecostals Brazilian Assemblies of God pastors