Anthony Garotinho

Anthony Garotinho
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2015
Constituency	Rio de Janeiro
Secretary of Public Security of Rio de Janeiro
In office 23 April 2003 – 27 September 2004
Governor	Rosinha Garotinho
Preceded by	Josias Quental
Succeeded by	Marcelo Itagiba
Governor of Rio de Janeiro
In office 1 January 1999 – 6 April 2002
Vice Governor	Benedita da Silva
Preceded by	Marcello Alencar
Succeeded by	Benedita da Silva
Mayor of Campos dos Goytacazes
In office 1 January 1997 – 31 March 1998
Vice Mayor	Arnaldo Vianna
Preceded by	Sérgio Mendes
Succeeded by	Arnaldo Vianna
In office 1 January 1989 – 5 February 1992
Vice Mayor	Sérgio Mendes
Preceded by	Zezé Barbosa
Succeeded by	Sérgio Mendes
Secretary of Agriculture and Interior of Rio de Janeiro
In office 5 February 1992 – 20 September 1993
Governor	Leonel Brizola
Personal details
Born	Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira (1960-04-18) 18 April 1960 (age 64) Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	UNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	PT (1980–1983) PDT (1983–2000) PSB (2001–2003) PMDB (2003–2009) PR (2009–2018) PRP (2018–2019) Patriota (2019) PROS (2019–2022)
Spouse	Rosinha Assed ​ (m. 1981)​
Occupation	Radio broadcaster

Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira (born 18 April 1960), also known as Anthony Garotinho, is a Brazilian politician, radio broadcaster and convicted felon. He legally adopted his stage name "Garotinho" (Little Boy in Portuguese), originally a nickname he took while working as a radio sports broadcaster.^[1]

He is also one of the best known Brazilian evangelical politicians. Garotinho believes he was reborn as an evangelical Christian following a car crash in 1994.^[2] He is married to Rosinha Matheus and has nine children, of whom five are adopted.