Chiquinho Brazão | |
Office: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start: | 1 February 2019 |
Constituency: | Rio de Janeiro |
Office1: | Member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2005 |
Term End1: | 1 February 2019 |
Constituency1: | At-large |
Birth Name: | João Francisco Inácio Brazão |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1962 |
Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Party: | Independent (since 2024) |
Otherparty: | |
Occupation: | Merchant, entrepreneur, politician |
João Francisco Inácio Brazão (born 22 February 1962), better known as Chiquinho Brazão, is a Brazilian businessman and politician.
He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 elections for Avante with a total vote of 25,817. Brazão is brother to Domingos Brazão and Pedro Brazão, well-known politicians.
See main article: Assassination of Marielle Franco.
On 24 March 2024, Brazão was arrested, alongside his brother Domingos Brazão and chief of police Rivaldo Barbosa, on suspicions of involvement in the assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco and driver Anderson Gomes.