| Cléber Verde | |
| Office: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2007 |
| Constituency: | Maranhão |
| Office1: | City Councillor of Maranhão |
| Term Start1: | 1 January 2001 |
| Term End1: | 1 February 2007 |
| Constituency1: | At-large |
| Birth Name: | Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil |
| Party: | MDB (since 2023) |
| Profession: | Lawyer, writer, teacher |
Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes (born 10 May 1972), more commonly known as Cléber Verde, is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Maranhão, having served as state representative since 2007.[1]
Verde is the son of Jesuino Cordeiro Mendes and Maria da Graça Cordeiro Mendes.[1] Aside from being a politician Verde has worked as a college professor, lawyer, writer, and civil servant.[1] Verde is a member of the Assembleias de Deus, one of the few members of the church in the IURD dominated republican party.[2]
After having represented mostly left-wing parties throughout his political career, Verde joined the religious right-wing Brazilian Republican Party in 2007.[2]
Verde voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Verde voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]