Edson Coelho Araújo

Edson Coelho Araújo (born 30 July 1949), better known as Edinho Araújo, is a Brazilian politician. He is the current mayor of São José do Rio Preto, and in the past represented São Paulo as a federal deputy representative from 1995 to 2001 and from 2011 to 2017, as well as serving in the state legislature and as mayor of Santa Fé do Sul from 1977 to 1983.[1]

Edinho Araújo
Araújo in July 2015
Mayor of São José do Rio Preto
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Preceded byValdomiro Lopes
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 January 2001
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 January 2017
Secretary of the Ports of Brazil
In office
1 January 2015 – 2 October 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byCésar Borges
Succeeded byHelder Barbalho
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office
15 March 1983 – 1 February 1995
Mayor of Santa Fé do Sul
In office
31 January 1977 – 31 January 1983
Preceded byJerônimo de Paula
Succeeded byAntonio Carlos de Camargo
Personal details
Born
Edson Coelho Araújo

(1949-07-30) 30 July 1949
Santa Fé do Sul, SP, Brazil
Political partyPMDB

Personal life

Araújo is the son of Emídio Antonio Araújo and Gabriela Coelho Araújo.[1] He is married to Maria Elza and has three children: Thaysa, Bethina and Edson, and a granddaughter, Maria Victoria.[2] Araújo is a practicing Presbyterian.[3]

Political career

Araújo voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Araújo voted in favor of tax reform spending and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform.[5]

In May 2018 Araújo was ordered to testify by the courts as part of operation Skala conducted into reports of corruption between politicians of the MDB party, including then-president Michel Temer, and the company Rodrimar.[6] Police eventually said they found no evidence of direct involvement by the politicians, although their public perception was hurt.[7]

In 2018 Araújo ran for and was elected to the position of mayor for the municipality of São José do Rio Preto.[8]

References
  1. "EDINHO ARAÚJO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. "Partidos oficializam candidatura de Edinho Araújo a prefeito de Rio Preto neste sábado" (in Portuguese). Jornal A Voz Do Povo. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. Marchesi, Reinaldo. "Opinião: Templo é dinheiro! Pequenas igrejas, grandes negócios" (in Portuguese). olhardireto. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  6. "Prefeito de Rio Preto é intimado a depor em operação que prendeu amigos de Temer" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. "Brazilian president Michel Temer will escape bribery charges, say police: The inquiry into payments from a port operator is the only remaining case against the corruption-hit leader". The Guardian. Reuters. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. "Edinho Araújo 15 (PMDB) Prefeito - São José do Rio Preto - Eleições 2018" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 11 July 2019.


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