Chiquinho Brazão Explained

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)
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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.

Assassination of Marielle Franco

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.