Capitão Wagner
{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wagner Sousa
| image = Deputado Federal Capitão Wagner (cropped).jpg
| office = Secretary of Health of Maracanaú
| term_start = 2 February 2023
| term_end = 29 February 2024
| 1blankname = Mayor
| 1namedata = Roberto Pessoa
| successor = Vanderlange de Sousa Gomes
| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| constituency1 = Ceará
| term_start1 = 1 February 2019
| term_end1 = 1 February 2023
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará
| constituency2 = At-large
| term_start2 = 1 January 2015
| term_end2 = 31 December 2018
| office3 = Member of the Municipal Chamber of Fortaleza
| term_start3 = 1 January 2013
| term_end3 = 31 December 2014
| constituency3 = At-large
| birth_name = Wagner Sousa Gomes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| party = UNIÃO (2022–present)
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
}}
| spouse = Dayany Bittencourt
| profession = Captain of the Military Police Reserve of Ceará
}}
Wagner Sousa Gomes, also known as Capitão Wagner (born January 21, 1979) is a captain of the Military Police Reserve of the State of Ceará and a Brazilian politician affiliated to Brazil Union (UNIÃO).{{Cite web |date=22 March 2022 |title=Sem formalização no TSE, primeiro evento do União Brasil gera saia justa a Capitão Wagner – Inácio Aguiar |url=https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/opiniao/colunistas/inacio-aguiar/sem-formalizacao-no-tse-primeiro-evento-do-uniao-brasil-gera-saia-justa-a-capitao-wagner-1.3207355 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Diário do Nordeste |language=pt-BR}} He was a federal deputy in office from 2019 to 2023.{{Cite web |title=Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal Capitão Wagner |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/204487/biografia |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados |language=pt-br}}
Leader of Ceará's public security workers, he was notable for leading the 2011 Ceará Military Police riot, which was responsible for the insecurity among the population and the chaos brought to the city of Fortaleza with a forced quarantine. At the time, he exchanged insults with the then governor Cid Gomes and his brother Ciro Gomes.{{Cite journal |last=Silva Neto |first=Antonio Sabino da |last2=Sá |first2=Leonardo Damasceno de |date=2014 |title=Liderança e insulto moral na greve policial de 2011 no Ceará: um estudo das formas de acusação |url=http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/21699 |language=pt-BR |issn=2177-3092}}
He was the most voted councillor of Fortaleza in 2012, the most voted state deputy in Ceará in 2014 and the most voted federal deputy in Ceará in 2018.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=6 October 2014 |title=Deputado estadual mais bem votado no Ceará fala sobre resultado |url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/deputado-estadual-mais-bem-votado-no-ceara-fala-sobre-resultado.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Eleições 2014 no Ceará |language=pt-br}} He was also a candidate for mayor in the 2016 Fortaleza mayoral election and 2020 Fortaleza mayoral election and in both disputes, he advanced to a second round. But in the end, Mayor Roberto Cláudio (in 2016) and José Sarto (in 2020), both members of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) were elected.{{Cite web |title=UOL Eleições 2016 Fortaleza/CE: Apuração de votos, resultado, prefeito e vereadores eleitos |url=http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2016/1turno/ce/fortaleza/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=UOL Eleições}}{{Cite web |title=Fortaleza/CE: Apuração em tempo real de prefeito no 2º turno |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2020/apuracao/2turno/ce/fortaleza/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}
He was the Secretary of Health of Maracanaú under Roberto Pessoa's administration from February 2023{{Cite web |last=Fontes |first=Eliza |date=2023-02-06 |title=Wagner Sousa é apresentado oficialmente como Secretário de Saúde de Maracanaú |url=https://www.maracanau.ce.gov.br/wagner-sousa-e-apresentado-oficialmente-como-secretario-de-saude-de-maracanau/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Prefeitura de Maracanaú |language=pt-BR}} to February 2024.{{Cite web |title=Secretaria de Saúde |url=https://www.maracanau.ce.gov.br/sesa/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Prefeitura de Maracanaú |language=pt-BR}}
Career
Wagner Sousa Gomes was born in São Paulo, in the district of Santo Amaro, and as a child he moved to Fortaleza. In 2009, he was approved in a Federal Highway Police (PRF) test. After he took the position of Bachelor in Public Security, Wagner was the leader of the strike movement of the Military Police and Firefighters in Ceará, from the end of 2011 to 2012.{{Cite web |last= |date=29 December 2011 |title=Policiais Militares e Bombeiros do CE anunciam paralisação das atividades |url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2011/12/policiais-militares-e-bombeiros-do-ce-anunciam-paralisacao-das-atividades.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=G1 Ceará |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=IG |date=3 January 2012 |title=Com greve de policiais, Fortaleza entra em pânico e lojas fecham |url=https://www.alagoas24horas.com.br/516504/com-greve-de-policiais-fortaleza-entra-em-panico-e-lojas-fecham/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Alagoas 24 Horas: Líder em Notícias On-line de Alagoas |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Gabriel |date=31 December 2011 |title=PM e bombeiros entram em greve no Ceará, e Força Nacional de Segurança é acionada |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2011/12/31/pm-e-bombeiros-entram-em-greve-no-ceara-e-forca-nacional-de-seguranca-e-acionada.htm |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=UOL |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=Dutra |first=Giselle |date=4 January 2012 |title=Policiais militares do Ceará aceitam proposta e encerram paralisação |url=http://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2012/01/policiais-militares-do-ceara-aceitam-proposta-e-encerram-paralisacao.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=G1 Ceará |language=pt-br}}
In 2009, he joined the Party of the Republic (PR). He ran in 2010 for State Deputy of Ceará, having obtained 28,818 votes, being Fernanda Pessoa's alternate.{{Cite web |title=Apuração 1° turno - Ceará {{!}} G1 - Eleições 2010 |url=https://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/apuracao-1-turno/ce/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=g1.globo.com}} He took office in September 2011, when he went to the proportional paid reserve of the Military Police of Ceará, due to the deputy's retirement. He participated in the electoral race for councillor in Fortaleza in 2012, being elected with the highest number of votes in the city.{{Cite web |date=8 October 2012 |title=Capitão Wagner foi o mais votado e ajudou a eleger outros |url=https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/politica/capitao-wagner-foi-o-mais-votado-e-ajudou-a-eleger-outros-1.647172 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Diário do Nordeste |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |title=Apuração das Eleições 2012 em Fortaleza {{!}} Ceará {{!}} G1 |url=https://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/apuracao/fortaleza.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=g1.globo.com |language=pt}} In 2014, he ran for state deputy and was again elected with the highest number of votes.{{Cite web |title=Resultado das Apurações dos votos do 2º turno das Eleições 2014 no Ceará para Governador, Senador, Deputados Federais e Deputados Estaduais |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/ce/apuracao-votos.html |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Eleições 2014 no CE |language=pt-br}} In an interview with Rádio Clube, on March 16, 2016, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Fortaleza, which had the support of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and Solidariedade (SD).
In August 2016, at an event of his campaign in the João XXIII neighborhood of Fortaleza, he assured that his first proposal was to arm and train the Municipal Guard of Fortaleza. However, he received criticism from his opponent, Luizianne Lins (PT), stating that it would be “a thing for desperate people”.
In the 2016 Fortaleza mayoral election, Capitão Wagner obtained 400,802 votes (31.15%), which lead the dispute for the mayor of Fortaleza to a second round with Roberto Cláudio (PDT). He was defeated in the second round, obtaining 588,451 votes (46.43%) against Roberto Cláudio's 678,847 votes (53.57%).{{Cite web |title=UOL Eleições 2016 Fortaleza/CE: Segundo turno Roberto Claudio X Capitão Wagner, apuração dos votos e resultado |url=http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2016/2turno/ce/fortaleza/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=UOL Eleições}}
In 2018, Capitão Wagner joined the Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS) and decided to run in the state elections in Ceará as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies. He ended up being the most voted candidate for federal deputy in the state, with over 300,000 votes.{{Cite web |title=Senadores e deputados federais/estaduais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 CE |url=https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2018/1turno/ce/apuracao-no-estado/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=UOL Eleições 2018}}
Accused of leading the 2020 police riot in Ceará, Wagner presented a bill in the Chamber of Deputies to give amnesty to security agents involved in the strike. The project was rejected by the president of the Chamber of the Deputies at the time, Rodrigo Maia.{{Cite web |date=4 March 2020 |title=Capitão Wagner apresenta projeto de lei para anistiar PMs do Ceará; Maia rejeita tese |url=https://mais.opovo.com.br/colunistas/carlosmazza/2020/03/04/capitao-wagner-apresenta-lei-para-anistiar-pms-do-ceara--maia-rejeita-tese.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=O POVO Mais |language=pt-br}}
In the 2020 Fortaleza mayoral election, Capitão Wagner was a candidate for mayor for a second time. In the second round, he got 624,892 votes (48.31%), being defeated by José Sarto (PDT), who got 668,652 votes (51.69%).{{Cite web |title=Resultado das Eleições e Apuração Fortaleza-CE no 2º Turno {{!}} G1 Eleições |url=https://g1.globo.com/ce/ceara/eleicoes/2020/resultado-das-apuracoes/fortaleza.ghtml |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}
In the 2022 Ceará gubernatorial election, Capitão Wagner was a candidate for governor for the first time. He got 1,649,213 votes (31.72%) and was defeated in the first round by Elmano de Freitas (PT), elected with almost 3 million votes.{{Cite web |title=Apuração das Eleições 2022 para presidente, governadores, senadores, deputados federais e estaduais |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/votos-por-estado/ceara/governador/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=noticias.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}
In 2 February 2023, he was appointed by the mayor of Maracanaú, Roberto Pessoa (UNIÃO), as the new Secretary of Health of the municipality.
Electoral history
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| Year
!Election !Party !Office !Coalition !Partners !Votes !Percent !Result !Ref. |
|---|
| 2010
| State Elections of Ceará | rowspan="4" | PR | State Deputy | To Make Ceará Shine | rowspan="3" | None | 28,818 | 0.71% | {{no2|Alternate}} |
| 2012
| Municipal Elections of Fortaleza | Councillor | To Take Care of People | 43,655 | 3.49% | {{yes2|Elected}} |
| 2014
| State Deputy | Ceará of All | 194,239 | 4.36% | {{yes2|Elected}} |
| 2016
| Fortaleza Mayoral Election | Mayor | Together We are More | Gaudêncio Lucena (PMDB) | 588,451 | 46.43% | {{no2|Lost}} |
| 2018
| rowspan="2" | PROS | Federal Deputy | colspan="2" | None | 303,593 | 6.61% | {{yes2|Elected}} |
| 2020
| Fortaleza Mayoral Election | Mayor | A Fortaleza of All | Kamila Cardoso (PODE) | 624,892 | 48.31% | {{no2|Lost}} |
| 2022
| Ceará Gubernatorial Election | rowspan="2" | UNIÃO | Governor | Union for Ceará | Raimundo Matos (PL) | 1,649,213 | 31.72% | {{no2|Lost}} |
| 2024
| Mayor | None | Edilene Santos (UNIÃO) | 159,426 | 11.40% | {{no2|Lost}} | |