João Henrique Caldas | |
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![]() Caldas in December 2015 | |
Federal Deputy for Alagoas | |
Assumed office 1 February 2011 | |
State Deputy for Alagoas | |
In office 1 February 2010 – 31 January 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Maceió, Brazil | 22 July 1987
Political party | PL |
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, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011. [1]
Caldas is the son of João Caldas da Silva and Eudócia Maria Holanda de Araújo. [1] His father is also a politician, having served in the chamber of deputies as well. [2] 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. [3] Caldas has also worked as a lawyer. [1]
In the 2009 local elections Caldas was elected to the legislative assembly of Alagoas. [4] In the following year in the 2010 Brazilian general election Caldas was elected to the federal senate. [1]
Caldas voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [5] Caldas voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, [6] and would vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. [7]