Jorginho Mello
Governor of Santa Catarina
Assumed office
1 January 2023
Vice GovernorMarilisa Boehm
Preceded byCarlos Moisés
Senator for Santa Catarina
In office
1 February 2019 – 1 January 2023
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
ConstituencySanta Catarina
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 February 2011
ConstituencyAt-large
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Herval d'Oeste
In office
1976–1980
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Jorginho dos Santos Mello

(1956-07-15) 15 July 1956
Ibicaré, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Political partyPL (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Elizete de Jesus Freitas
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(divorced)​
AwardsOrder of Aeronautical Merit ' Order of Aeronautical Merit (Grand Officer) [lower-alpha 1]

Jorginho dos Santos Mello (born 17 August 1967) is a Brazilian politician, member of the Liberal Party (PL). He is the incumbent Governor of Santa Catarina and had served as Senator from 2019 to 2022. He resigned to run for the state governorship, being replaced by his substitute Ivete da Silveira (MDB).[1] Mello is the Liberal Party state president.

Career

Mello had served as state representative in the Legislative Assembly 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Legislatures[2] He was later elected for the Chamber of Deputies for the 54th and 55th Legislatures, representing the state in the National Congress lower house.[3]

He voted for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.[4] During the Michel Temer administration, Mello voted in favor of the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.[4] In April 2017, he was favorable to the Labour Reform.[4][5] In August, he voted to open an investigation against president Temer.[4][6]

In the 2018 election, Mello was elected for the Federal Senate for Santa Catarina, gaining 1,179,757 votes (18.07% of the valid votes), and winning opponents such as then senator Paulo Bauer (PSDB) and former governor Raimundo Colombo (PSD).[7]

In 2019, president Jair Bolsonaro signed Complementary Law no. 167, which creates the Simple Credit Company, after ammendments suggested by Mello.[8]

In the 2022 election, Mello was elected Governor of Santa Catarina on the second round, gaining 2,983,949 votes (70.69% of the valid votes), being the highest percentage in state elections in that year.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico - Grande-Oficial

References

  1. ↑ Koehler, Lucas (31 October 2022). "Ivete da Silveira, viúva de Luiz Henrique, assume cadeira no Senado de forma definitiva". NSC Total (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jorginho Mello". Memória Política de Santa Catarina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Biografia do deputado Jorginho Mello". Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Esperidião Amin, do PP, e Jorginho Mello, do PR, são eleitos para o Senado por SC". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Vilela, Rafael (24 April 2019). "Bolsonaro sanciona lei de criação da Empresa Simples de Crédito". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Caldas, Joana (31 October 2022). "Jorginho Mello é o governador eleito com a maior porcentagem do Brasil nas Eleições 2022". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 October 2023.


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