Jorginho dos Santos Mello (born 17 August 1967) is a Brazilian politician, member of the
Liberal Party
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(PL). He is the incumbent Governor of
Santa Catarina and had served as Senator from 2019 to 2022. He resigned to run for the
state governorship, being replaced by his substitute
Ivete da Silveira
Ivete Marli Appel da Silveira (born 28 May 1943) is a Brazilian teacher and politician who has been one of the senators from the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina since 2022. She succeeded Jorginho Mello, who became the governor of ...
(MDB). Mello is the Liberal Party state president.
Career
Mello was born in
Ibicaré,
Santa Catarina before moving 20 kilometers away to
Herval d'Oeste as a child.
Mello had served as state representative in the Legislative Assembly 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Legislatures He was later elected for the
Chamber of Deputies
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for the 54th and
55th Legislatures, representing the state in the National Congress lower house.
He voted for the
impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
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.
During the
Michel Temer
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administration, Mello voted in favor of the
Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.
In April 2017, he was favorable to the
Labour Reform.
In August, he voted to open an investigation against president Temer.
In the
2018 election, Mello was elected for the
Federal Senate for Santa Catarina, gaining 1,179,757 votes (18.07% of the valid votes), and winning opponents such as then senator
Paulo Bauer (PSDB) and former governor
Raimundo Colombo (PSD).
In 2019, president
Jair Bolsonaro
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signed Complementary Law no. 167, which creates the Simple Credit Company, after amendments suggested by Mello.
In the
2022 election, Mello was elected Governor of Santa Catarina on the second round, gaining 2,983,949 votes (70.69% of the valid votes), being the highest percentage in state elections in that year.
Elections
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1956 births
Governors of Santa Catarina (state)
Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) politicians
Living people
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
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