Laercio Oliveira

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Laercio Oliveira

| image = Laércio Oliveira.jpg

| caption = Official portrait as senator

| office = Senator for Sergipe

| term_start = 1 February 2023

| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start1 = 1 February 2011

| term_end1 = 1 February 2023

| constituency1 = Sergipe

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| party = PP (2018–present)

| otherparty = {{Plainlist|

PSDB (2005–09)
PR (2009–13)
Solidariedade (2013–18)

}}

| profession = Business administrator

}}

Laercio José de Oliveira (born 15 April 1959) more commonly known as Laercio Oliveira is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing Sergipe, having served as senator since 2023 and as congressman from 2011 to 2023.{{cite web|title=LAERCIO OLIVEIRA – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/151208/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=13 March 2019}}

Personal life

Oliveira is the son of Severina dos Santos Oliveira and Laércio Lopes de Oliveira. At the age of 18 Oliveira moved from Pernambuco to Sergipe. He is a graduate of Faculdade de Administração e Negócios de Sergipe. Oliveira is a member of the Presbyterian church.{{cite web|title=Precisamos avaliar os candidatos à reeleição da Bancada Evangélica|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/dialogos-da-fe/precisamos-avaliar-os-candidatos-a-reeleicao-da-bancada-evangelica/|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=3 October 2018|accessdate=13 March 2019}}

Political career

Oliveira 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}} Oliveira 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=13 March 2019|language=Portuguese|publisher=O 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 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}}

Electoral history

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Year ! Election ! Party ! Office ! Votes ! % ! Result
2010 \| State of Sergipe \| PR \| Congressman \| 79,514 \| 8.72 \| {{yes2\|Elected}}
2014 \| State of Sergipe \| Solidariedade \| Congressman \| 84,198 \| 8.58 \| {{yes2\|Elected}}
2018 \| State of Sergipe \| PP \| Congressman \| 68,014 \| 6.81 \| {{yes2\|Elected}}
2022 \| State of Sergipe \| PP \| Senator \| 310,300 \| 28.57 \| {{yes2\|Elected}}

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Year

! Election

! Party

! Office

! Votes

! %

! Result

2010

| State of Sergipe

| PR

| Congressman