Antônio Jácome

Antônio Jácome
Antônio Jácome
	Jácome in November 2016
Federal Deputy from Rio Grande do Norte
	In office; 1 February 2015 – 1 February 2019
Vice–Governor of Rio Grande do Norte
	In office; 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2007
Governor	Wilma de Faria
Preceded by	Fernando Freire
Succeeded by	Iberê Ferreira
State Deputy of Rio Grande do Norte
	In office; 1 February 1991 – 31 December 1994
Alderman of Natal
	In office; 1 January 1989 – 31 January 1991
Personal details
Born	26 May 1962 (age 62); Sousa, Paraíba, Brazil
Political party	PODE (2017-present)
Other political; affiliations	PMN (2003–2017); PSB (–2017); PDT; MDB

Antônio Jácome de Lima Júnior (born 26 May 1962), better known as Antônio Jácome, is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer, medic, and theologian. Although born in Paraíba, he has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019.^[1]

Personal life

Jácome is the son of Francisco Xavier de Mesquita and Alda Jácome de Mesquita.^[1] Aside from being a politician Jácome has also worked as a lawyer, medic, and theologian.^[2] His son Jacó Jácome and nephew Eriko Jácome are both politicians in the state legislature of Rio Grande do Norte.^[3] In August 2017 Jácome published a book detailing his time in office.^[2]

He is a member and former pastor of the Assembleias de Deus, and became the first evangelical elected from Rio Grande do Norte as federal deputy.^[2] In 2011 Jácome was expelled from the role of pastor in the church after it was exposed that Jácome had impregnated a woman in an extra marital affair and later forced her to have an abortion.^[4]

Political career

Jácome voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[5] Jácome voted in favor of 2015 tax reforms but against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[6] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[7]

Jácome contested the 2018 Brazilian general election in his state for the position of senator and garnered 307,399 votes, although it was not enough for him to be elected.^[8] In December 2018 Jácome was rumored for the position of Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights in the Bolsonaro government, a move that was controversial both with liberals and conservatives due to his anti-abortion views and his history of forcing a woman to have an abortion. Eventually Damares Alves was nominated instead.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "ANTÔNIO JÁCOME – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Deputado federal Antônio Jácome lança livro sobre sua atuação parlamentar". Podemos (in Portuguese). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Duarte, Rafael (15 December 2018). "Ex-pastor acusado de forçar aborto é cotado para ministério da Mulher" (in Portuguese). Saiba Mais. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ "Pastor e Deputado acusado e afastado da Assembléia de Deus" (in Portuguese). 15 April 2011. Retrieved 9 June 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]. O Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 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.
^ Rafael, Norton (7 October 2018). "Capitão Styvenson (Rede) e Dra. Zenaide (PHS) são eleitos senadores pelo RN". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

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[bio-1] "ANTÔNIO JÁCOME – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[podemos-2] "Deputado federal Antônio Jácome lança livro sobre sua atuação parlamentar". Podemos (in Portuguese). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[sabamais-3] Duarte, Rafael (15 December 2018). "Ex-pastor acusado de forçar aborto é cotado para ministério da Mulher" (in Portuguese). Saiba Mais. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

[4] "Pastor e Deputado acusado e afastado da Assembléia de Deus" (in Portuguese). 15 April 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[5] "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.

[6] "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]. O Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[7] "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.

[8] Rafael, Norton (7 October 2018). "Capitão Styvenson (Rede) e Dra. Zenaide (PHS) são eleitos senadores pelo RN". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2019.

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