Cândido Vaccarezza

Cândido Elpídio de Souza Vaccarezza (born September 26, 1955) is a Brazilian gynecologist and politician affiliated to Avante (political party).[1] He was born in Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia and moved to São Paulo. He ran for the office of state representative of the State of São Paulo in 1998, obtaining the substitutive position. He was elected to the same position in 2002. In 2006, he was elected federal deputy.[2] He became leader of the party in February 2009[3] and then, on January 1, 2010, leader of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration in the House of Representatives.[4] In Dilma Rousseff's administration, he remained in office until March 2012.[5]

Cândido Elpídio de Souza Vaccarezza
Federal deputy
In office
1985–2012
Personal details
Born (1955-09-26) September 26, 1955
Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia , Brazil
Political partyAVANTE
OccupationDoctor
Statesman

References

  1. states Brazilian Congress approves new Forest Code by "global fruit industry" on May 26th, 2011
  2. Agência Brasil, 2009
  3. Brazil: Key player at COP 16 but bad example at home? published in "GlobalVoices" on December 15, 2010
  4. Brazil: 1500 Indigenous Peoples occupy the Esplanade of Ministries by John Ahni Schertow on October 3, 2013
  5. Suicide at the Carnaval? Terminator is back in the Brazilian Congress published by "ETC" on 28 February 2014


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