Vicente Paulo da Silva

Vicente Paulo da Silva
Vicentinho in November 2003
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2003
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2003
Personal details
Born	(1956-04-08) 8 April 1956 (age 68) Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Political party	PT (1981–)

Vicente Paulo da Silva (born 8 April 1956) more commonly known as Vicentinho is a Brazilian politician as well as a syndicalist and trade union president. Although born in Rio Grande do Norte, he has spent his political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative since 2003.[1]

Personal life

Vicentinho is the son of Francisco Germano da Silva and Maria Jeronimo da Silva.[1] Prior to entering politics he was the head of syndicalist organization in São Paulo and was the president for 36 years of a trade union called "Central Única dos Trabalhadores" (CUT) that campaigned for wage equality.[2]

Political career

Vicentinho voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[4] and voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

Vicentinho was investigated during Operation Car Wash for allegedly taking R$ 30,000 in bribes from Odebrecht.[6]

References

1. "VICENTINHO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
2. Bragon, Ranier (5 February 2015). "Ex-sindicalista, Vicentinho promove arrocho salarial" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2019.
3. "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.
4. "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 18 March 2019.
5. "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.
6. "Delação da Odebrecht: deputado Vicentinho é suspeito de receber doação não contabilizada para campanha" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

Trade union offices
Preceded by Jair Meneguelli	President of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores 1991–2000	Succeeded by João Antonio Felicio