Guaracy Silveira | |
Office: | Senator for Tocantins |
Term Start: | 4 August 2022 |
Term Start1: | 31 October 2018 |
Term End1: | 31 January 2019 |
Birth Name: | Guaracy Batista da Silveira |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1951 |
Birth Place: | Capão Bonito, São Paulo, Brazil |
Party: | Avante (2022–present |
Occupation: | Religious bishop |
Guaracy Batista da Silveira (born 2 January 1951) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Tocantins, having served as national senator from 2018 to 2019.[1]
Silveria was born in Capão Bonito. He is a bishop in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.[2]
In the 2014 Brazilian general election Silveria was elected as an alternate to Kátia Abreu for the state of Tocantins. During the 2018 Brazilian general election Abreu ran for vice-president for Ciro Gomes' campaign, leaving her post which Silvira served as her replacement in the Brazilian senate.[2] While in the senate Silveria was criticized by media in Brazil for accumulating over R$ 1 million in dept, mostly in overspending of his salary on hotels.[3]