Jorginho Mello

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Jorginho Mello
Official portrait, 2023
Governor of Santa Catarina
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
Spouse	Elizete de Jesus Freitas ​ ​ (divorced)​
Awards	Order of Aeronautical Merit (Grand Officer) [a]

Jorginho dos Santos Mello (born 17 August 1967) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Liberal Party (PL). He is the incumbent Governor of Santa Catarina and had served as Senator from 2019 to 2022. He resigned to run for the state governorship, being replaced by his substitute Ivete da Silveira (MDB). ^[1] Mello is the Liberal Party state president.

Career

Mello was born in Ibicaré, Santa Catarina before moving 20 kilometers away to Herval d'Oeste as a child. ^[2]

Mello had served as state representative in the Legislative Assembly 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Legislatures ^[3] He was later elected for the Chamber of Deputies for the 54th and 55th Legislatures, representing the state in the National Congress lower house. ^[4]

He voted for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. ^[5] During the Michel Temer administration, Mello voted in favor of the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap. ^[5] In April 2017, he was favorable to the Labour Reform. ^{[5] [6]} In August, he voted to open an investigation against president Temer. ^{[5] [7]}

In the 2018 election, Mello was elected for the Federal Senate for Santa Catarina, gaining 1,179,757 votes (18.07% of the valid votes), and winning opponents such as then senator Paulo Bauer (PSDB) and former governor Raimundo Colombo (PSD). ^[8]

In 2019, president Jair Bolsonaro signed Complementary Law no. 167, which creates the Simple Credit Company, after amendments suggested by Mello. ^[9]

In the 2022 election, Mello was elected Governor of Santa Catarina on the second round, gaining 2,983,949 votes (70.69% of the valid votes), being the highest percentage in state elections in that year. ^[10]

Elections

Year	Role	Party		Partner	Party		Votes	Result	References
1994	State Deputy		PL	None			0.86% 19,104	Elected	[11]
1998			PSDB	None			1,08% 26,825	Elected	[11]
2002				None			1.11% 34.486	Elected	[11]
2006				None			1.64% 54.002	Elected	[11]
2010	Federal Deputy			None			3.59% 119.757	Elected	[12]
2014			PR	None			4.15% 140.839	Elected	[13]
2018	Senator			Ivete da Silveira		MDB	18.07% 1.179.757	Elected	[12]
				Beto Martins		PSDB
2022	Governor		PL	Marilisa Boehm		PL	38.61% 1.575.912	Second Round	[14]
							70.69% 2.983.949	Elected

Notes

1. Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico - Grande-Oficial

References

1. Koehler, Lucas (31 October 2022). "Ivete da Silveira, viúva de Luiz Henrique, assume cadeira no Senado de forma definitiva" . NSC Total (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
2. "Quem é Jorginho Mello, governador eleito de Santa Catarina". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
3. "Jorginho Mello". Memória Política de Santa Catarina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
4. "Biografia do deputado Jorginho Mello". Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
5. "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
6. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
7. "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
8. "Esperidião Amin, do PP, e Jorginho Mello, do PR, são eleitos para o Senado por SC". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
9. Vilela, Rafael (24 April 2019). "Bolsonaro sanciona lei de criação da Empresa Simples de Crédito". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
10. Caldas, Joana (31 October 2022). "Jorginho Mello é o governador eleito com a maior porcentagem do Brasil nas Eleições 2022". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
11. ALESC. "Biografia - Jorginho Mello" . Retrieved 21 October 2022.
12. "Esperidião Amin, do PP, e Jorginho Mello, do PR, são eleitos para o Senado por SC". G1 . G1 Santa Catarina. 2018.
13. TSE. "Resultado de Eleições 2014 em Santa Catarina" . Retrieved 1 April 2021.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
14. "Jorginho Mello é o governador eleito com a maior porcentagem do Brasil nas Eleições 2022". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-03.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Moisés	Governor of Santa Catarina 2023–present	Incumbent