Emanuel Pinheiro (born 12 April 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated with the

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(MDB). He was a city councilor in the city of

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, as well as a state deputy. He had been the mayor of Cuiabá from 2017-2024.

Biography

Pinheiro is the son of former deputy Emanuel Pinheiro da Silva Primo and Dona Maria Helena de Freitas. He is married to Márcia Khun Pinheiro and has two children. In 1988, at 23 years old, he was elected to the Municipal Chamber of Cuiabá as a member of the

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. He was reelected in 1992 with the third highest vote share. In

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, he was elected as a state deputy, and was reelected in

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with more than 14,000 votes.Profile of Emanuel Pinheiro as Deputy on ALMT's website
/ref> In 2000, he ran to become mayor of Cuiabá, with Odete Trechand as his vice-mayoral pick. They were not elected. In his reelection run for the state Legislative Assembly in

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, he was defeated. In January 2005, he became the Municipal Secretary of Transit and Urban Transport under mayor Wilson Santos. He returned to the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso in

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, elected as member of the

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(PR) with more than 20,000 votes. He was reelected in

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. As a member of the

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, he ran again to become the mayor of Cuiabá in

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and advanced to the second round against the aforementioned Wilson Santos (

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). Pinheiro received 60.41% of the vote in the second round, beating Santos, who had received 39.59% of the vote. During the

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, Pinheiro ran for reelection and was reelected with 51.15% of the vote in the second round. He beat

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of Podemos, who received 48.85% of the vote. On 19 October 2021, Pinheiro was removed from office for supposed irregularities in the Municipal Health Secretary's office. He returned to office two days later, but was removed once again in March 2024.

References

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