Hiran Gonçalves
{{Short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva
| image = Hiran Gonçalves.jpg
| caption = Official portrait as senator
| alt =
| office = Senator for Roraima
| term_start = 1 February 2023
| office1 = Federal Deputy for Roraima
| term_start1 = 1 February 2015
| term_end1 = 31 January 2023
| constituency1 = Roraima
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
| party = PP (2016–present)
| otherparty = {{Collapsible list
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|title={{no bold|See list}}
|1= PL (2001–06)
|2= PR (2006–09)
|3= PTN (2009–10)
|4= PHS (2010–11)
|5= PSDB (2011–13)
|6= PMN (2013–15)
|7= PMB (2015–16)
}}
| alma_mater = Federal University of Amazonas (BM)
| spouse = Gerlane Baccarin
| children = 5
| profession = Physician
| website = {{URL|https://www.deputadohirangoncalves.com.br}}
}}
Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva (born 5 May 1968) is a Brazilian politician as well as a physician and ophthalmologist. Although born in Amazonas, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, having served as state representative since 2015.{{cite web |title=Hiran Gonçalves – Biografia |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/178959 |work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil |language=Portuguese |accessdate=21 February 2019}}
Personal life
Gonçalves married to Gerlane Baccarin with whom he has one child and he has four other children from a first marriage and he has four grandchildren. Gonçalves is a physician prior to entering politics, and has also worked as an ophthalmologist and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.{{cite web |title=1º Fórum Nacional de Atenção à Pessoa com Deficiência Visual |url=http://cbo.net.br/novo/publicacoes/Jota_Zero_174.pdf |date=25 May 2018 |language=Portuguese |accessdate=24 February 2019}} Gonçalves moved with his family from Amazonas to Roraima in 1982, he worked as a medical examiner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) in Roraima from 1982 to 2007. He has served briefly as a health inspector to prevent cancer and sexual abuse in the Northwest states of Brazil.{{cite web |title=Hiran Gonçalves agradece eleitores e movimento médico por sua reeleição |url=https://roraimaemfoco.com/hiran-goncalves-agradece-eleitores-e-movimento-medico-por-sua-reeleicao/ |date=11 October 2018 |website=Roraima Em Foco. |language=Portuguese |first=Benné |last=Mendonça |accessdate=24 February 2019}}
Political career
Gonçalves was initially a member of Party of National Mobilization shortly before running for office switched to the Progressive Party.
Gonçalves voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.{{cite news |title=Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados |archive-date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead |website=Carta Capital |language=Portuguese |date=27 April 2017 |accessdate=18 September 2017}} Gonçalves voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion.{{cite news |title=Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer |archive-date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead |website=Carta Capital |language=Portuguese |date=4 August 2017 |accessdate=18 September 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://deputadohirangoncalves.com.br/}}
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Category:Brazilian ophthalmologists
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Roraima
Category:People from Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Category:Progressistas politicians
Category:Party of the Brazilian Woman politicians
Category:Party of National Mobilization politicians
Category:Humanist Party of Solidarity politicians
Category:Social Labour Party politicians
Category:Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
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