Jefferson Alves de Campos

Jefferson Alves de Campos (born 26 October 1964) more commonly known as Jefferson Campos is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and pastor. He has spent his political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011.[1]

Jefferson Campos
Jefferson Campos in April 2013
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Assumed office
1 January 2008
In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2006
Councilor of Sorocaba
In office
1996–2002
Personal details
Born (1964-10-26) 26 October 1964
Ourinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2011–)
PSB (prior to 2011)

Personal life

Jefferson Campos was born to Zarias Alves de Campos and Berenice Pereira Gomes de Campos.[1] He was a lawyer prior to entering politics.[1] He is a pastor of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel church, and a vice-president of the Brazilian division of the Foursquare Church.[2]

Political career

As councilor of Sorocaba Campos was key in passing Law No. 5,921 which allowed for Christian creationism to be included in elementary school's curriculum. In 2007 Camps was one of 57 politicians to be investigated in a scandal for taking bribes from a medical firm.[3] In 2014 the São Paulo court officially acquitted him of taking part in the scandal, although he is still suspected of taking bribes in separate events.[4]

Campos voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[5] He would later vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[6] In 2011 he switched from the PSB to the newly created PSD.[7]

References
  1. "JEFFERSON CAMPOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. "Até algumas lideranças evangélicas se corromperam, diz pastor Eurico sobre votos a favor de Temer". guiame.com.br (in Portuguese). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. "CPI dos Sanguessugas tem lista com 57 parlamentares suspeitos" (PDF). Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul. 19 July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. "Deputado Jefferson Campos é absolvido de envolvimento com "máfia dos sanguessugas"" (in Portuguese). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. "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.
  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. "Projeto de Jefferson Campos proíbe inauguração de obras inacabadas" (in Portuguese). PSD na Câmara. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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