Valdemar Costa Neto

In this Portuguese name, the second or paternal family name is Costa. "Neto" is a generational suffix meaning "grandson", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father and grandfather, like "III" in English.
Valdemar Costa Neto
President of the Liberal Party[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2020
Preceded byJosé Tadeu Candelária
In office
10 January 2000 – 26 October 2006
Preceded byÁlvaro Valle
Succeeded bySergio Victor Tamer[b]
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2007 – 5 December 2013[c]
ConstituencySão Paulo
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 August 2005[d]
ConstituencySão Paulo
Personal details
Born (1949-08-11) 11 August 1949
São Paulo, Brazil
PartyPL (since 2006)
Other political
affiliations
Criminal information
Known for
Criminal status
Released
Convictions
  • Passive corruption
  • Money laundering
Criminal penalty
  • 7 years and 10 months

Valdemar Costa Neto (born 11 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician. He is a congressman and president of the Liberal Party (PL),[1][2] the party of former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.

In 2012, he was charged with corruption and money laundering. He was arrested in the same year, but in 2016 he received a pardon by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).[3][4] Valdemar was detained on 8 February 2024 by the Federal Police (PF) for possession of a firearm.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ The current Liberal Party was founded in 2006, as the Party of the Republic, through the merger of the 1985 Liberal Party and the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA).
  2. ↑ As president of the Party of the Republic
  3. ↑ Resigned after an arrest warrant was issued on corruption charges.
  4. ↑ Resigned during the Mensalão scandal.

References

  1. ↑ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal VALDEMAR COSTA NETO". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. ↑ Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "COSTA NETO, VALDEMAR". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. ↑ Braziliense, Correio (2018-07-17). "Preso no Mensalão, Valdemar Costa Neto é nome mais cortejado para alianças". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Valdemar Costa Neto: O negociador polonês". VEJA. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  5. ↑ Souza, Renato (2024-02-08). "Presidente do PL, Valdemar Costa Neto é preso em flagrante pela PF". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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