João Henrique Caldas

João Henrique Caldas
João Henrique Caldas
	Caldas in December 2015
Federal Deputy for Alagoas
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2011
State Deputy for Alagoas
	In office; 1 February 2010 – 31 January 2011
Personal details
Born	22 July 1987 (age 36); Maceió, Brazil
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]

Personal life[edit]

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]

Political career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JHC – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ Mota, Ricardo (18 August 2017). "Protagonismo eleitoral de João Caldas obscurece atuação de JHC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Fotos mostram JHC pedindo votos em culto" (in Portuguese). Gazeta de Alagoas. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Eleições 2010 - Deputados estaduais eleitos em Alagoas" (in Portuguese). R7. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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[bio-1] "JHC – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[2] Mota, Ricardo (18 August 2017). "Protagonismo eleitoral de João Caldas obscurece atuação de JHC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[3] "Fotos mostram JHC pedindo votos em culto" (in Portuguese). Gazeta de Alagoas. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[4] "Eleições 2010 - Deputados estaduais eleitos em Alagoas" (in Portuguese). R7. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[5] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[6] "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[7] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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