Lázaro Botelho Martins (born 11 February 1947) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. Although born in
Maranhão
Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...
, he has spent his political career representing
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...
, having served as state representative from 2007 to 2019.
Personal life
Botelho was born to Joel Martins dos Reis and Luzia Botelho Martins Reis.
[ Before entering politics Botelho worked as a businessman in trading in the stock market.][
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Political career
Botelho voted in favor of the impeachment 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 ...
. Botelho voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would vote against 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 ...
.
Botelho was investigated during Operation Car Wash
Operation Car Wash (, ) was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil.Kurtenbach, S., & Nolte, D. (2017). Latin America's Fight against Corruption: The End of Impunity. GIGA Focus Lateinamerika, (03). Beginning in March 2014 as the investiga ...
for allegedly taking bribes from Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by and Trade name, trading as the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ...
, although the investigative committee ultimately decided there was not enough evidence to prosecute and Botelho was eventually declared innocent.
References
1947 births
Living people
People from Maranhão
Progressistas politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Tocantins
Brazilian businesspeople
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