Izalci Lucas

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Izalci Lucas
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Lucas in 2019
Senator for the Federal District
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2019

Izalci Lucas Ferreira (born 7 April 1956) is a federal senator of the Liberal Party representing the Federal District of Brazil. Born in Minas Gerais, he previously served as a federal deputy from 2008 to 2019. [1]

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Personal life

Lucas was born in Araújos, [2] to Antonio Ferreira Neto and Maria Ferreira de Melo. [1] Before entering politics, Lucas worked as a business contractor. [1] He is married to Ivone Fernandes and has três sons, Marcelo, Renato and Sérgio. [3]

Political career

Lucas voted in favor of the impeachment motion against then-president Dilma Rousseff. [4] He voted against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor, Michel Temer. [5] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms. [6]

In the 2018 Brazilian general election, Lucas was elected to the federal senate with 399,297 votes. [7]

During Operation Car Wash, Lucas was investigated on suspicion of financial fraud. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IZALCI LUCAS – Biografia". Assembla Legislatva do Roraima (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Senador Izalci Lucas – DF". 25 Senado Federal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ↑ Tahan, Lilian; Ferraz, Ian (7 October 2017). "Izalci Lucas emprega parentes e contrata empresas de familiares para servirem ao PSDB" (in Portuguese). Metrópoles. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Eufrásio, Jéssica (7 October 2018). "Izalci surpreende e conquista vaga para o Senado" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Bchara, Caroline (16 April 2016). "STF autoriza quebra de sigilos fiscal e bancário do deputado federal Izalci Lucas" (in Portuguese). Metrópoles. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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