Damião Feliciano da Silva (born 28 April 1952) is a Brazilian politician who has been a federal deputy from the state of Paraíba since 2007, having also previously been a federal deputy from 1999 to 2004.[1] He is currently affiliated with the Brazil Union party (UNIÃO).[2] He was the state secretary of Science, Technology, and the Environment from 2005 to 2006.[1][3] His wife is former vice-governor of Paraíba and fellow doctor Lígia Feliciano.
Damião Feliciano | |
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| Federal deputy of Paraíba | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2007 | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 23 November 2004 | |
| Secretary of Science, Technology, and the Environment of Paraíba | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Damião Feliciano da Silva 28 April 1952 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Political party | PTB (1992–1999) MDB (1999–2004) PP (2004–2005) PL (2005–2006) PR (2006–2007) PDT (2007–2022) UNIÃO (2022–present) |
| Spouse | Lígia Feliciano |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Doctor, businessman, radio personality, and politician |
Biography edit
Born in Campina Grande, he graduated with his medical degree from the Campina Grande School of Medicine. He founded several hospitals in the area, namely Hospital Mariana and Hospital de Urgência, where he had acted as director general and administrative and financial director from 1982 to 1998.[3] He was a founding partner of Panorâmica FM de Campina Grande and a personality on 100.5FM de Santa Rita,[1] where he presents the A Voz do Coração program daily, which highlights different cities in Paraíba.[4] From 2005 to 2006, he was state Secretary of Science, Technology, and the Environment as part of the administration of governor Cássio Cunha Lima.[1][3]
Feliciano began his political career in 1992 as a candidate for mayor in Campina Grande, as part of the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), but was not elected.[5] He was first elected as a federal deputy in 1998, receiving 76,101 votes and becoming the second most voted for candidate in Paraíba. He lost reelection in 2002, but was elected as a substitute deputy.[5] He assumed the position as a substitute deputy as part of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in 2004 for five months.[1] In 2006, as part of the Liberal Party (PL), he was reelected as deputy, and was reelected in 2010 as part of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). He was the president of the state branch of the PDT.[6] In the Chamber of Deputies, he has been a part of parliamentary groups, and is the president of the Parliamentary Front in Defense of Health Professionals.[3] In 2023, he assumed the leadership of the recently created Black Bench of the Chamber of Deputies, made up of Black and racially mixed deputies of the chamber.[7]
Feliciano voted against the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. He later voted for a similar inquiry towards the impeachment of Michel Temer.[8] In the same term, he voted in favor of the New Fiscal Regime, but did not vote on the 2017 labor reforms.[9] On 24 November 2020, the creation of an external commission from the Chamber of Deputies was authorized to monitor the investigation into the murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas in Porto Alegre. The commission is coordinated by Feliciano, and is also composed of five other deputies: Benedita da Silva, Bira do Pindaré, Silvia Cristina, Áurea Carolina and Orlando Silva.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Biografia - DAMIÃO FELICIANO - PDT/PB". Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Lima, Kevin (1 April 2022). "Janela partidária: ao menos 23,8% dos deputados trocam de legenda, aponta levantamento; veja lista". G1. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Damião Feliciano tem nome aprovado para vaga no TCU". Jornal da Paraíba. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Damião Feliciano pode ser candidato a prefeito de Santa Rita". Santa Rita Hoje. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Sistema de Histórico de Eleições". Regional Election Court of Paraíba (TRE-PB). Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Diretórios Estaduais". Democratic Labour Party website. Democratic Labour Party. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Plenário aprova criação da bancada negra na Câmara". Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital. Deutsche Welle. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer". G1. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Câmara cria comissão para acompanhar apuração da morte de João Alberto". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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