José Eriberto Medeiros

Eriberto Medeiros graduated in law from Catholic University of Pernambuco (Unicap) in 1995. He represents Pernambuco on the National Board of the National Union of State Legislators (Unale) and has been a civil servant since 1987. His wife, Mariana Medeiros, has been mayor of Cumaru since 2016. Eriberto Medeiros' son, Eriberto Rafael, is also active in politics, serving as a councillor in Recife since 2013.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |title=Cumaru Elege a Primeira Prefeita e Vice Prefeita de sua História |url=https://www.conexaocumaru.net/2016/10/cumaru-elege-primeira-prefeita-e-vice.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Conexão Cumaru}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-07 |title="Não temo ninguém, quem vier que venha" afirma Mariana Medeiros sobre disputa em Cumaru |url=https://www.edmarlyra.com/nao-temo-ninguem-quem-vier-que-venha-afirma-mariana-medeiros-sobre-disputa-em-cumaru/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Edmarlyra}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Vereador Eriberto Rafael se filia ao partido do prefeito João Campos |url=https://www.cbnrecife.com/aldovilela/artigo/vereador-eriberto-rafael-se-filia-ao-partido-do-prefeito-joao-campos |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=CBN Recife}}

Eriberto was involved in a car accident on March 6, 2016. The car he was in overturned on the PE-050 highway in Vitória de Santo Antão, in the Zona da Mata. There was oil on the road, which caused the vehicle to overturn and hit a wall. Inside the car were Eriberto, his wife and a driver; no one was seriously injured.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=Eriberto Medeiros sofre acidente de carro |url=http://www.blogdomagno.com.br/ver_post2.php?id=157385 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224143/http://www.blogdomagno.com.br/ver_post2.php?id=157385 |archive-date=2019-02-21 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Blog do Magno}}

Eriberto Medeiros served as a councillor in Recife for two terms, running in 2000 and 2004. During his terms as a councillor, he served on the Legislation and Justice, Finance, Public Security and Parliamentary Ethics Committees. He was also the 3rd secretary of the executive committee of the Recife City Council.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-02 |title=Conheça Eriberto Medeiros, o novo presidente da Alepe |url=https://www.alepe.pe.gov.br/audioalepe/conheca-eriberto-medeiros-o-novo-presidente-da-alepe/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Alepe}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Câmara do Recife homenageia presidente da Alepe e desembargador do TJPE com medalha |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/colunistas/blogdafolha/camara-do-recife-homenageia-presidente-da-alepe-e-desembargador-do-tjpe-com-medalha/34551/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Folha de Pernambuco}}

He ran for the first time in the elections for state representative in 2006. Within Alepe, he was elected fourth secretary of the Board of Directors three times and headed the PTC in Pernambuco for 11 years. He also served on the Ethics, International Affairs and Finance, Budget and Taxation Committees.

After disaffiliating from the PTC and joining the Progressistas in April 2018, Eriberto launched a candidacy for federal deputy in the elections of the same year, but resigned and ran for another term as state deputy. In 2022, he ran for federal deputy for the PSB and was elected.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=Eriberto Medeiros deixa o PTC e se filia ao PP |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/colunistas/blogdafolha/2419-ERIBERTO-MEDEIROS-DEIXA-PTC-FILIA/5970/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Folha de Pernambuco}}

After Guilherme Uchoa's death on July 3, 2018, the position of president of the Legislative Assembly was filled on an interim basis by Deputy Cleiton Collins (PP), who decreed elections for the presidency for August 1, 2018. He was considered a possible candidate for this election, but he decided not to run.{{Cite web |last=Tavares |first=Victor |date=2018-07-04 |title=Na Alepe, eleição de novo presidente já virou pauta |url=https://blogs.ne10.uol.com.br/jamildo/2018/07/04/na-alepe-eleicao-de-novo-presidente-ja-virou-pauta/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041809/https://blogs.ne10.uol.com.br/jamildo/2018/07/04/na-alepe-eleicao-de-novo-presidente-ja-virou-pauta/ |archive-date=2019-02-22 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Blogs NE}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-01 |title=Parlamentares divergem sobre data escolhida para eleição a cargos da Mesa Diretora |url=https://www.alepe.pe.gov.br/2018/08/01/parlamentares-divergem-sobre-data-escolhida-para-eleicao-a-cargos-da-mesa-diretora/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Alepe}}{{Cite web |date=2018-07-04 |title=Com a morte de Uchoa, Cleiton Collins assume a presidência da Alepe |url=https://tvjornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticias/2018/07/04/com-a-morte-de-uchoa-cleiton-collins-assume-a-presidencia-da-alepe-111252/index.html |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=TV Jornal}}

Eriberto was elected president of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco (Alepe) and took office on August 1, 2018. He ran against Edilson Silva (PSOL), who got one vote, against forty for Medeiros. In February 2019, he was the only candidate for the presidency of the Legislative Assembly, obtaining 42 votes. In December 2020, he stood for re-election and won again with 31 votes, against fourteen for Álvaro Porto (PTB). After being elected as a federal deputy, Eriberto left the presidency of Alepe. Álvaro Porto was elected to succeed him.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-02 |title=Poder Legislativo: eleita Mesa Diretora para biênio 2019-2020 |url=https://www.alepe.pe.gov.br/2019/02/02/poder-legislativo-eleita-mesa-diretora-para-o-bienio-2019-2020/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Alepe}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Por unanimidade, Álvaro Porto é eleito presidente da Alepe |url=https://www.cbnrecife.com/artigo/por-unanimidade-alvaro-porto-e-eleito-presidente-da-alepe |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=CBN Recife}}

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