Jonas Guimarães | |
|---|---|
 Guimarães in October 2011 | |
| State Deputy for Paraná | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1951 Lavínia, SP, Brazil |
| Political party | PSB (2016–) PMDB (2000–2016) |
Jonas Guimarães (born 7 May 1951) is a Brazilian businessman and politician. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served in the state legislature since 2007.[1]
Personal life
Guimarães is an evangelical Christian and member of the Christian Congregation in Brazil.[1] Before entering politics Guimarães worked in business. His brother Edno Guimarães is the former mayor of Cianorte.[1]
Political career
In 2016 Guimarães was one of 6 local politicians who left the Brazilian Democratic Movement over disagreements of how it was being run in the state of Paraná with its leader Roberto Requião, and joined the Brazilian Socialist Party.[2]
In March 2019, he was convicted by the 2nd Public Treasury Court of Curitiba, for administrative impropriety, for the irregular use of the editor of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná, when he printed banknotes for his own use.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Perfil de Jonas Guimarães no portal da ALEP". Assembléia Legislativa do Paraná (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ↑ Siqueira, Carlos (11 March 2016). "Presidente do PSB confirma presença na filiação de seis deputados na terça-feira, 15". Blog d0 Turpan (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ↑ Scortecci, Catarina (23 March 2019). "Justiça condena deputado por gastar verba oficial com 30 mil cartões de Natal e aniversário". Gazeta Do Povo (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Paraná. Retrieved 15 July 2019.