Edson Coelho Araújo Explained

Edinho Araújo
Birthname:	Edson Coelho Araújo
Office:	Mayor of São José do Rio Preto
Term Start:	1 January 2017
Predecessor:	Valdomiro Lopes
Office1:	Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Term Start1:	1 February 1995
Term End1:	1 January 2001
Term Start2:	1 February 2011
Term End2:	31 January 2017
Office3:	Secretary of the Ports of Brazil
Term Start3:	1 January 2015
Term End3:	2 October 2015
President3:	Dilma Rousseff
Predecessor3:	César Borges
Successor3:	Helder Barbalho
Office4:	State Deputy for São Paulo
Term Start4:	15 March 1983
Term End4:	1 February 1995
Office5:	Mayor of Santa Fé do Sul
Term Start5:	31 January 1977
Term End5:	31 January 1983
Predecessor5:	Jerônimo de Paula
Successor5:	Antonio Carlos de Camargo
Birth Date:	30 July 1949
Birth Place:	Santa Fé do Sul, SP, Brazil
Party:	PMDB

Edson Coelho Araújo (born 30 July 1949), better known as Edinho Araújo, is a Brazilian politician. He is the current mayor of São José do Rio Preto, and in the past represented São Paulo as a federal deputy representative from 1995 to 2001 and from 2011 to 2017, as well as serving in the state legislature and as mayor of Santa Fé do Sul from 1977 to 1983.^[1]

Personal life

Araújo is the son of Emídio Antonio Araújo and Gabriela Coelho Araújo.^[1] He is married to Maria Elza and has three children: Thaysa, Bethina and Edson, and a granddaughter, Maria Victoria.^[2] Araújo is a practicing Presbyterian.^[3]

Political career

Araújo voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[4] Araújo voted in favor of tax reform spending and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform.^[5]

In May 2018 Araújo was ordered to testify by the courts as part of operation Skala conducted into reports of corruption between politicians of the MDB party, including then-president Michel Temer, and the company Rodrimar.^[6] Police eventually said they found no evidence of direct involvement by the politicians, although their public perception was hurt.^[7]

In 2018 Araújo ran for and was elected to the position of mayor for the municipality of São José do Rio Preto.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: EDINHO ARAÚJO – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 11 July 2019.
2. Web site: Partidos oficializam candidatura de Edinho Araújo a prefeito de Rio Preto neste sábado. Portuguese. Jornal A Voz Do Povo. 29 June 2016. 12 July 2019.
3. Web site: Opinião: Templo é dinheiro! Pequenas igrejas, grandes negócios. Reinaldo. Marchesi. olhardireto. Portuguese. 27 June 2019.
4. News: 27 April 2017 . Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados . Portuguese . Carta Capital . dead . 18 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170427082527/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados . 27 April 2017.
5. Web site: Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer. 2 August 2017. 27 June 2019. Portuguese. G1 Globo. See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer.
6. Web site: Prefeito de Rio Preto é intimado a depor em operação que prendeu amigos de Temer. 29 May 2018. 11 July 2019. Portuguese. G1 Globo.
7. News: Brazilian president Michel Temer will escape bribery charges, say police: The inquiry into payments from a port operator is the only remaining case against the corruption-hit leader . The Guardian . Reuters . 10 February 2018 . 24 April 2018.
8. Web site: Edinho Araújo 15 (PMDB) Prefeito - São José do Rio Preto - Eleições 2018. Gazeta do Povo. Portuguese. 11 July 2019.