Túlio Gadêlha | |
Birth Name: | Túlio Gadêlha Sales de Melo |
Office: | Federal Deputy from Pernambuco |
Term Start: | 1 February 2019 |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1987 |
Birth Place: | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Party: | REDE (2021–present) |
Otherparty: | PDT (2007–21) |
Partner: | Fátima Bernardes (2017–present) |
Profession: | Public servant |
Túlio Gadêlha Sales de Melo (born 12 November 1987) is a Brazilian politician.[1] A member of the party Rede Sustentabilidade (REDE), he has served as a federal deputy for Pernambuco since 2019.[2]
Gadêlha is an alumnus of Catholic University of Pernambuco. Since 2017 Gadêlha has been in a relationship with Grupo Globo journalist Fatima Bernardes.[3] In his free time he is an avid surfer and beach goer.[3]
Gadêlha contested in the 2014 election, but only received 3,495 votes and was not elected to office. Poit was elected to be federal deputy for his home state of Pernambuco, being elected with 75,642 votes in the 2018 election.[4] Gadêlha has been previously a strong critic of Michel Temer.[3]