Jarbas Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos in 2019
Senator for Pernambuco
In office
1 February 2019 – 5 September 2023
Succeeded by Fernando Dueire
In office
1 February 2007 – 1 February 2015
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2015 – 1 February 2019
Constituency Pernambuco
In office
1 January 1983 – 1 January 1986
Constituency Pernambuco
In office
1 January 1975 – 1 January 1979
Constituency Pernambuco
Governor of Pernambuco
In office
1 January 1999 – 31 March 2006
Vice Governor Mendonça Filho
Preceded by Miguel Arraes
Succeeded by Mendonça Filho
Mayor of Recife
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Vice Mayor Sílvio Pessoa de Carvalho
Preceded by Gilberto Marques Paulo
Succeeded by Roberto Magalhães
In office
1 January 1986 – 1 January 1989
Vice Mayor José Carlos Melo
Preceded by Joaquim Francisco
Succeeded by Joaquim Francisco
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
In office
1 February 1971 – 1 February 1975
Constituency At-large
Personal details
Born Jarbas de Andrade Vasconcelos
(1942-08-23) 23 August 1942 (age 83)
Vicência, Pernambuco, Brazil
Party MDB (1986–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • MDB (1966–1985)
  • PSB (1985–1986)
Alma mater Catholic University of Pernambuco (LL.B.)
Profession Lawyer

Jarbas Vasconcelos (born 23 August 1942) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate from 2007 to 2015 and for a second term from 2019 to September 2023, when he officially resigned from office and retired from politics.[1] Previously, he was governor of Pernambuco from 1999 to 2006. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.[2]

Early life

Vasconcelos was born in Vicência on August 23, 1942, to Carlindo de Moraes Vasconcelos and Aurea de Andrade Vasconcelos. Along with his eight siblings, his family moved to Recife when he was seven.

Education

After serving in the army for two years, Vasconcelos enrolled into the Catholic University of Pernambuco in 1964. he became interested in politics and joined the Brazilian Democratic Movement in 1966. He finished his Bachelor of Law degree two years later.

See also

  • List of mayors of Recife

References

  1. ^ "Jarbas Vasconcelos anuncia aposentadoria e renuncia ao cargo de senador: 'Cabeça erguida'". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  2. ^ "Senador Jarbas Vasconcelos". Federal Senate. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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