Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva (born 5 May 1968) is a Brazilian politician as well as a physician and ophthalmologist. Although born in
Amazonas, he has spent his political career representing
Roraima
Roraima ( ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas t ...
, having served as state representative since 2015.
Personal life
Gonçalves married to Gerlane Baccarin with whom he has one child and he has four other children from a first marriage and he has four grandchildren. Gonçalves is a physician prior to entering politics, and has also worked as an ophthalmologist and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Gonçalves moved with his family from Amazonas to Roraima in 1982, he worked as a medical examiner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) in Roraima from 1982 to 2007. He has served briefly as a health inspector to prevent cancer and sexual abuse in the Northwest states of Brazil.
Political career
Gonçalves was initially a member of
Party of National Mobilization
The National Mobilization (, MOBILIZA) is a political party in Brazil founded by politicians from the state of Minas Gerais on April 21, 1984, advocating for agrarian reform, termination of debt payments, ending of relations with the Internati ...
shortly before running for office switched to the
Progressive Party.
[
Gonçalves voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president ]Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the ...
. Gonçalves voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017)
The 2017 labor reform in Brazil was a significant change in the country's Consolidation of Labor Laws (). According to the government, the goal of the reform was to combat unemployment and the still ongoing 2014 Brazilian economic crisis.
The bi ...
, and would later back 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 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...
against a similar impeachment motion.
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1968 births
Brazilian ophthalmologists
Living people
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Roraima
Progressistas politicians
Party of the Brazilian Woman politicians
Party of National Mobilization politicians
Humanist Party of Solidarity politicians
Social Labour Party politicians
People from Tefé
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
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