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Valdemar Costa Neto | |||||||||||||
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| Federal Deputy for São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2007 – 5 December 2013 | |||||||||||||
| In office 1 February 1991 – 1 August 2005 | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 August 1949 São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Political party | PL (2006–present) | ||||||||||||
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Valdemar Costa Neto (born 11 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician. He is a congressman and president of the Liberal Party (PL),[1][2] the party of the former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.
In 2012, he was charged with corruption and money laundering. He was arrested in the same year, but in 2016 he received a pardon by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).[3][4] Valdemar was detained on 8 February 2024 by the Federal Police (PF) for possession of a firearm. [5]
- ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal VALDEMAR COSTA NETO". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "COSTA NETO, VALDEMAR". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Braziliense, Correio (2018-07-17). "Preso no Mensalão, Valdemar Costa Neto é nome mais cortejado para alianças". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ "Valdemar Costa Neto: O negociador polonês". VEJA. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Souza, Renato (2024-02-08). "Presidente do PL, Valdemar Costa Neto é preso em flagrante pela PF". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-08.