Toninho Wandscheer | |
Office: | Federal Deputy for Paraná |
Term Start: | 1 February 2015 |
Office1: | State representative for Paraná |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End1: | 31 January 2015 |
Office2: | Mayor of Fazenda Rio Grande |
Term Start2: | 1 January 2001 |
Term End2: | 1 January 2008 |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1950 |
Birth Place: | Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil |
Party: | PROS |
Antonio Wandscheer (born 31 August 1950) more commonly known as Toninho or Toninho Wandscheer is a Brazilian politician and engineer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Wandscheer was born to Paulo Wandscheer and Maria Koupaka.[1] Prior to becoming a politician Wandscheer worked as an engineer.[2] He is married to Angela Wandscheer and has three sons: Alisson, Marcos, and Tiago.[3] Wandscheer is a Protestant Christian and a member of the evangelical caucus in the legislature, having a strong relationship with the Assembleias de Deus church.[4] [5]
Wandscheer voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[6] He would later vote against opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[7] and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[8]
In 2019 Wandscheer was re-elected the coordinator of the representatives from Paraná in the chamber of deputies.[9]