Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes (

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

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, 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 People from Queimados 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 Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state) 20th-century Brazilian military personnel 21st-century Brazilian military personnel