Izalci Lucas Ferreira (born 7 April 1956) is a federal senator representing the Federal District of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Born in

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, he previously served as a federal deputy from 2008 to 2019.

Personal life

Lucas was born in Araújos, to Antonio Ferreira Neto and Maria Ferreira de Melo. Before entering politics, Lucas worked as a business contractor. He is married to Ivone Fernandes and has two sons, Sérgio and Renato.

Political career

Lucas voted in favor of the impeachment motion against then-president

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. He voted against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor,

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. He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms. In the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress of Brazil, National Congress and Governor (Brazil), state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election (and for the gubernatorial electi ...

, Lucas was elected to the federal senate with 399,297 votes. During

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash (, ) was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil.Kurtenbach, S., & Nolte, D. (2017). Latin America's Fight against Corruption: The End of Impunity. GIGA Focus Lateinamerika, (03). Beginning in March 2014 as the investiga ...

, Lucas was investigated on suspicion of financial fraud.

References

1956 births Living people People from Minas Gerais Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Democrats (Brazil) politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from the Federal District Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) politicians {{Brazil-Deputy-stub