João Paulo Kleinübing
{{short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = João Paulo Kleinübing
|image = João Paulo Kleinübing em abril de 2016.jpg
|birthname =
|caption = Kleinübing in April 2016
|office = Federal Deputy from Santa Catarina
|term_start = 1 February 2015
|term_end = 31 January 2019
|office1 = Secretary of Health for Santa Catarina
|term_start1 = February 2015
|term_end1 = December 2016
|governor1 = Raimundo Colombo
|office2 = Mayor of Blumenau
|term_start2 = 1 January 2005
|term_end2 = 1 January 2013
|predecessor2 = Décio Lima
|successor2 = Napoleão Bernardes
|office3 = State Deputy for Santa Catarina
|term_start3 = 1 February 2003
|term_end3 = 31 December 2004
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|12|19}}
|birth_place = Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
|party = DEM
}}
João Paulo Karam Kleinübing (born 19 December 1972) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Santa Catarina, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019, mayor of Blumenau from 2005 to 2013, and state deputy from 2003 to 2004.{{cite web|title=JOÃO PAULO KLEINÜBING – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/178967/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=23 July 2019}}
Personal life
Kleinübing was born to Vilson Pedro Kleinübing, later Governor of Santa Catarina, and Vera Maria Karam. He is married to Patrícia Loch Klenubing and is an alumnus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. In addition to being a politician, Kleinübing previously was a business administrator and historian.
Political career
Kleinübing was mayor of Blumenau in 2004 with 75,783 votes and reelected in 2008 with 112,509 votes. He was mayor during the historic 2008 Santa Catarina floods, being forced to declare a state of emergency in the municipality due to rising water levels.{{cite web |title=At least 50 dead in Brazil flooding |publisher=CNN |date=2008-11-24 |url=http://us.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/24/brazil.deaths/index.html |accessdate=2008-11-24| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081224121544/http://us.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/24/brazil.deaths/index.html| archivedate= 24 December 2008 | url-status= live}}
He was elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 Brazilian general election. Kleinübing voted in favor of the impeachment of 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|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}} He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,{{cite web|title=Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-deputados-votaram-no-impeachment-de-dilma-na-pec-241-na-reforma-trabalhista-e-na-denuncia-contra-temer.ghtml|date=2 August 2017|accessdate=23 July 2019|language=Portuguese|work=G1 Globo|trans-title=See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer}} and would vote in favor of opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.{{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|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=4 August 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}}
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Category:People from Florianópolis
Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Brazilian businesspeople
Category:Federal University of Santa Catarina alumni
Category:Democrats (Brazil) politicians
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Santa Catarina
Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina
Category:Mayors of places in Brazil
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