João Henrique de Souza

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João Henrique de Souza
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba
In office
1 February 2007 – 12 January 2021
Personal details
Born(1943-01-08)8 January 1943
Monteiro, Third Brazilian Republic
Died12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 78)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyBrazilian Social Democracy Party

João Henrique de Souza (8 January 1943 – 12 January 2021) was a Brazilian politician, judge, and chief of police. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba from 1 February 2007 until his death.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Monteiro, Souza was graduated in Law. He served as a delegate for the Civil Police of Paraíba State in João Pessoa and an electoral judge at the Regional Electoral Court of Paraíba.[2]

Souza was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba for the first time in the 2006 elections, initially by the Liberal Front Party, and re-elected in the 2010 and 2014 elections by the Democrats.[3] Unsatisfied with this party, he left for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party in 2017.[4] He was re-elected by that party in 2018, with 34,813 votes.[1][2]

Souza died from COVID-19 at Vila Nova Star Hospital, in São Paulo, on 12 January 2021, aged 78.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "João Henrique". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Deputado paraibano João Henrique morre aos 77 anos, após complicações da Covid-19". Jornal da Paraíba (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Banco de dados do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "João Henrique deverá trocar o DEM pelo PSDB, revela Raoni". PB Agora (in Portuguese). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Deputado paraibano João Henrique morre por complicações da Covid-19". G1 (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.