| João Henrique de Souza | |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Monteiro, Third Brazilian Republic |
| Death Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Party: | Brazilian Social Democracy Party |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2007 |
| Term End: | 12 January 2021 |
João Henrique de Souza (8 January 1943 – 12 January 2021) was a Brazilian politician, judge, and chief of police. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba from 1 February 2007 until his death.
Born in Monteiro, Souza was graduated in Law. He served as a delegate for the Civil Police of Paraíba State in João Pessoa and an electoral judge at the Regional Electoral Court of Paraíba.[1]
Souza was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba for the first time in the 2006 elections, initially by the Liberal Front Party, and re-elected in the 2010 and 2014 elections by the Democrats.[2] Unsatisfied with this party, he left for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party in 2017.[3] He was re-elected by that party in 2018, with 34,813 votes.[4]
Souza died from COVID-19 at Vila Nova Star Hospital, in São Paulo, on 12 January 2021, aged 78.[5]