Jonas Guimarães Explained

Jonas Guimarães
Office1:State Deputy for Paraná
Term Start1:1 February 2007
Birth Date:7 May 1951
Birth Place:Lavínia, SP, Brazil
Party:PSB (2016–)
PMDB (2000–2016)

Jonas Guimarães (born 7 May 1951) is a Brazilian businessman and politician. Although born in São Paulo, he has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served in the state legislature since 2007.[1]

Personal life

Guimarães is an evangelical Christian and member of the Christian Congregation in Brazil.[1] Before entering politics Guimarães worked in business. His brother Edno Guimarães is the former mayor of Cianorte.[1]

Political career

In 2016 Guimarães was one of 6 local politicians who left the Brazilian Democratic Movement over disagreements of how it was being run in the state of Paraná with its leader Roberto Requião, and joined the Brazilian Socialist Party.[2]

In March 2019, he was convicted by the 2nd Public Treasury Court of Curitiba, for administrative impropriety, for the irregular use of the editor of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná, when he printed banknotes for his own use.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil de Jonas Guimarães no portal da ALEP. Portuguese. Assembléia Legislativa do Paraná. 15 July 2019. 15 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190715170354/http://www.assembleia.pr.leg.br/deputados/perfil/35-jonas-guimaraes. dead.
  2. Web site: Presidente do PSB confirma presença na filiação de seis deputados na terça-feira, 15. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312070447/http://www.bemparana.com.br/tupan/presidente-do-psb-confirma-presenca-na-filiacao-de-seis-deputados-na-terca-feira-15/. Carlos. Siqueira. Blog d0 Turpan. 15 July 2019. 11 March 2016. 12 March 2016. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Justiça condena deputado por gastar verba oficial com 30 mil cartões de Natal e aniversário. Catarina. Scortecci. Gazeta Do Povo. Tribuna do Paraná. Portuguese. 23 March 2019. 15 July 2019.