Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait as senator | |
| Senator for Roraima | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | Roraima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1968 Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Political party | PP (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse | Gerlane Baccarin |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Amazonas (BM) |
| Profession | Physician |
| Website | www |
Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva (born 5 May 1968) is a Brazilian politician as well as a physician and ophthalmologist. Although born in Amazonas, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Personal life
Gonçalves married to Gerlane Baccarin with whom he has one child and he has four other children from a first marriage and he has four grandchildren. Gonçalves is a physician prior to entering politics, and has also worked as an ophthalmologist and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.[2] Gonçalves moved with his family from Amazonas to Roraima in 1982, he worked as a medical examiner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) in Roraima from 1982 to 2007. He has served briefly as a health inspector to prevent cancer and sexual abuse in the Northwest states of Brazil.[3]
Political career
Gonçalves was initially a member of Party of National Mobilization shortly before running for office switched to the Progressive Party.[1]
Gonçalves voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Gonçalves voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Hiran Gonçalves – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "1º Fórum Nacional de Atenção à Pessoa com Deficiência Visual" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Mendonça, Benné (11 October 2018). "Hiran Gonçalves agradece eleitores e movimento médico por sua reeleição". Roraima Em Foco. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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