Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes

Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes
Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies; for Rio de Janeiro
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 1, 2019
Member of the; Municipal Chamber of Nova Iguaçu
	In office; January 1, 2017 – February 1, 2019
Personal details
Born	March 28, 1969 (age 55); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	PRP (2004–2014); PTN (2014–2016); PSC (2016–2018); PSL (2018–2019); Alliance for Brazil (Since 2019)
Residence(s)	Rio de Janeiro and Brasília
Alma mater	University of Southern Santa Catarina; ; Brazilian Army Specialized Instruction School
Occupation	Military and Politician;
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1992–2019
Rank	Sub-lieutenant
Unit	Eastern Military Command; 1st Battalion of Military Police; Criminal Investigation Squad;

Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes (Rio de Janeiro, March 28, 1969),^[1] also known as Hélio Negão (literally: big black Hélio) and Hélio Bolsonaro, is a Brazilian military sub-lieutenant and politician.

A member of PSL (Social Liberal Party), he ran in the 2018 election and was elected Federal Deputy. He received the most votes in the state of Rio de Janeiro,^[2] and is the most-voted Afro-Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian history. Lopes is known for being a close friend of Jair Bolsonaro.^[3]

Political life

Lopes ran in 2004 as a PRP member to the position of alderman in the municipality of Queimados in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was not elected, having obtained only 277 votes. In 2014 he ran as a PTN member to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, but had his candidacy rejected. In 2016 he ran as PSC's candidate to the position of alderman in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was again not elected, having obtained only 480 votes.

In 2018, Lopes was a candidate from his current party, PSL, to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, receiving direct support from his friend and fellow party member, Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected President of Brazil. He received 345,234 votes (4.47% invalid votes) for Congress, thus becoming the most-voted candidate for Federal Deputy in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the general elections of 2018, and also the most-voted Brazilian of predominantly African descent in the history of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.

References

^ "Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais". divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
^ Carneiro, Júlia Dias (October 12, 2018). "Deputado federal mais votado no Rio, Hélio Negão desafia quem vê racismo no padrinho Bolsonaro". BBC News Brasil.
^ "Hélio Negão, Bolsonaro's 'brother' who has sparked jealousy in the president's party | Texto em inglês com áudio". Wise Up News: textos em inglês com áudio da Gazeta do Povo. December 5, 2018. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

External links

[1] "Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais". divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2018.

[:0-2] Carneiro, Júlia Dias (October 12, 2018). "Deputado federal mais votado no Rio, Hélio Negão desafia quem vê racismo no padrinho Bolsonaro". BBC News Brasil.

[3] "Hélio Negão, Bolsonaro's 'brother' who has sparked jealousy in the president's party | Texto em inglês com áudio". Wise Up News: textos em inglês com áudio da Gazeta do Povo. December 5, 2018. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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