Luis Felipe Bonatto Francischini (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing

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, having served as state representative in the lower house of the national legislature since 2019 and the state legislature from 2011 to 2019.

Personal life

Francischini is the son of politician and police chief Fernando Francischini, better known as Delegado Francischini. His father has also served in both the state legislature and the lower house of the national legislature. Francischini is an evangelical Christian and member of the Pentecostal church

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. Francischini is an alumnus of

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. According to his father, he showed an interest in politics from an early age and was planning to run for office when he was 16.

Political career

Francischini was elected with about 36,000 votes to the

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in 2014, despite the fact that he had no political experience and had just graduated from university. In the

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, Francischini and his father switched roles, with Felipe running for his father's seat in the national legislature and Fernando running for his son's seat in the lower legislature. Reasons for the surprise move were mused by the media, ranging from Fernando Francischini wanting to spend more time with his other son who has autism, or Filipe's political ambitions, or the fact that Fernando wants to eventually run for mayor of

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. In the 2018 election Francischini received 241,537 votes or 4.21% and was elected to the federal chamber of deputies. Unlike his father who is often brash and unapologetic in public, Francischini is regarded as polite and well-mannered, although he shares his father's uncompromising conservative attitude. He was described by Brazilian newspaper ''Gazeta do Povo'' as a "poster boy" for Brazil's right-wing movement.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Francischini, Felipe 1991 births Living people Politicians from Curitiba Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian Pentecostals Solidariedade politicians Social Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Paraná Members of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná Brazil Union politicians