Hélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes

[3] Lopes ran in 2004 as a PRP member to the position of alderman in the municipality of Queimados in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was not elected, having obtained only 277 votes.In 2014 he ran as a PTN member to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, but had his candidacy rejected.In 2016 he ran as PSC's candidate to the position of alderman in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu in the state of Rio de Janeiro, but was again not elected, having obtained only 480 votes.In 2018, Lopes was a candidate from his current party, PSL, to the position of Federal Deputy for the state of Rio de Janeiro, receiving direct support from his friend and fellow party member, Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected President of Brazil.He received 345,234 votes (4.47% invalid votes) for Congress, thus becoming the most-voted candidate for Federal Deputy in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the general elections of 2018, and also the most-voted Brazilian of predominantly African descent in the history of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.
Chamber of DeputiesRio de JaneiroIncumbentNova IguaçuAlliance for BrazilBrasíliaAlma materBrazilian ArmySub-lieutenantEastern Military Command1st Battalion of Military PoliceSocial Liberal Party2018 electionstate of Rio de JaneiroAfro-BrazilianJair BolsonaroaldermanQueimadosPresident of Brazil