Hidekazu Takayama | |
Office: | Federal Deputy for Paraná |
Term Start: | 1 February 2003 |
Term End: | 31 January 2019 |
Office1: | State representative for Paraná |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1996 |
Term End1: | 31 December 2003 |
Office2: | Councilor of Curitiba |
Term Start2: | 1 January 1989 |
Term End2: | 31 January 1993 |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1948 |
Birth Place: | Rolândia, Paraná, Brazil |
Party: | PSC |
Otherparty: | PAN |
Hidekazu Takayama (born 20 March 1948) is a Brazilian politician and pastor from Rolândia, having served as city councilor and state representative.
Takayama was born to Antonio Izami Takayama and Maria Schizuka, and is a third-generation Japanese Brazilian. He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[1]
In 2015 Takayama had to be hospitalized with an edema in his right eye and a cut in his mouth after he was punched by the driver of Delcídio Amaral at the entrance of parliament. According to reports, Amaral's vehicle was blocking the entrance, to which Takayama and his companions confronted his driver, who after being manhandled responded by forcefully punching Takayama.[2]
Takayama voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff. However, Takayama would latter back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar motion.[3]
In April 2017 Takayama replaced João Campos as leader of the union of evangelical politicians in the Brazilian legislature, which campaigns for the conservative evangelical stances on issues, most notably opposition to same-sex marriage and unions.[4]