João Henrique Holanda Caldas (born 22 July 1987) often referred to as JHC is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011. He is currently the mayor of the capital

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

since 2021.

Personal life

Caldas is the son of João Caldas da Silva and Eudócia Maria Holanda de Araújo. His father is also a politician, having served in the chamber of deputies as well. He is an alumnus of the Centro Universitário Cesmac (CESMAC). Caldas is a member of the neo-Pentecostal church Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus. Caldas has also worked as a lawyer.

Political career

In the 2009 local elections Caldas was elected to the legislative assembly of Alagoas. In the following year in the

2010 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 2010 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no presidential candidate received more than 50% in the first round of voting, a second round was held on 31 October to choos ...

Caldas was elected to the federal senate. Caldas voted in favor of the impeachment motion of 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 ...

. Caldas voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would vote in favor of opening a 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 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...

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1987 births Living people People from Maceió 21st-century Brazilian lawyers Brazilian Pentecostals Members of the International Grace of God Church Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Alagoas Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas 21st-century Brazilian politicians {{Brazil-Deputy-stub