Laercio Oliveira

Brazilian politician

Laercio Oliveira
Official portrait as senator

Senator for Sergipe
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2023
Constituency	Sergipe

Personal details
Born	(1959-04-15) 15 April 1959 (age 65) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	PP (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	PSDB (2005–09) PR (2009–13) Solidariedade (2013–18)
Profession	Business administrator

Laercio José de Oliveira (born 15 April 1959) more commonly known as Laercio Oliveira is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing Sergipe, having served as senator since 2023 and as congressman from 2011 to 2023.^[1]

Personal life

Oliveira is the son of Severina dos Santos Oliveira and Laércio Lopes de Oliveira.^[1] At the age of 18 Oliveira moved from Pernambuco to Sergipe. He is a graduate of Faculdade de Administração e Negócios de Sergipe. Oliveira is a member of the Presbyterian church.^[2]

Political career

Oliveira voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[3] Oliveira voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[4] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[5]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Party	Office	Votes	%	Result
2010	State of Sergipe	PR	Congressman	79,514	8.72	Elected
2014	State of Sergipe	Solidariedade	Congressman	84,198	8.58	Elected
2018	State of Sergipe	PP	Congressman	68,014	6.81	Elected
2022	State of Sergipe	PP	Senator	310,300	28.57	Elected

References

^ ^a ^b "LAERCIO OLIVEIRA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Precisamos avaliar os candidatos à reeleição da Bancada Evangélica" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.