João Paulo Kleinübing Explained

João Paulo Kleinübing
Office:Federal Deputy from Santa Catarina
Term Start:1 February 2015
Term End:31 January 2019
Office1:Secretary of Health for Santa Catarina
Term Start1:February 2015
Term End1:December 2016
Governor1:Raimundo Colombo
Office2:Mayor of Blumenau
Term Start2:1 January 2005
Term End2:1 January 2013
Predecessor2:Décio Lima
Successor2:Napoleão Bernardes
Office3:State Deputy for Santa Catarina
Term Start3:1 February 2003
Term End3:31 December 2004
Birth Date:1972 12, df=y
Birth Place:Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Party:DEM

João Paulo Karam Kleinübing (born 19 December 1972) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Santa Catarina, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019, mayor of Blumenau from 2005 to 2013, and state deputy from 2003 to 2004.[1]

Personal life

Kleinübing was born to Vilson Pedro Kleinübing, later Governor of Santa Catarina, and Vera Maria Karam.[1] He is married to Patrícia Loch Klenubing and is an alumnus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. In addition to being a politician, Kleinübing previously was a business administrator and historian.[1]

Political career

Kleinübing was mayor of Blumenau in 2004 with 75,783 votes and reelected in 2008 with 112,509 votes. He was mayor during the historic 2008 Santa Catarina floods, being forced to declare a state of emergency in the municipality due to rising water levels.[2]

He was elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 Brazilian general election. Kleinübing voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote in favor of opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JOÃO PAULO KLEINÜBING – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 23 July 2019.
  2. Web site: At least 50 dead in Brazil flooding . . 2008-11-24 . 2008-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224121544/http://us.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/24/brazil.deaths/index.html. 24 December 2008 . live.
  3. News: Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 27 April 2017. 18 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer. 2 August 2017. 23 July 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.
  5. News: Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 4 August 2017. 18 September 2017.