Laercio Oliveira | |
Office: | Senator for Sergipe |
Term Start: | 1 February 2023 |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End1: | 1 February 2023 |
Constituency1: | Sergipe |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1959 |
Birth Place: | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Party: | PP (2018–present) |
Profession: | Business administrator |
Laercio José de Oliveira (born 15 April 1959) more commonly known as Laercio Oliveira is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing Sergipe, having served as senator since 2023 and as congressman from 2011 to 2023.[1]
Oliveira is the son of Severina dos Santos Oliveira and Laércio Lopes de Oliveira.[1] At the age of 18 Oliveira moved from Pernambuco to Sergipe. He is a graduate of Faculdade de Administração e Negócios de Sergipe. Oliveira is a member of the Presbyterian church.[2]
Oliveira voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Oliveira voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]
Year | Election | Party | Office | Votes | % | Result | |
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2010 | State of Sergipe | PR | Congressman | 79,514 | 8.72 | ||
2014 | State of Sergipe | Solidariedade | Congressman | 84,198 | 8.58 | ||
2018 | State of Sergipe | PP | Congressman | 68,014 | 6.81 | ||
2022 | State of Sergipe | PP | Senator | 310,300 | 28.57 |