Anthony Garotinho

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; 18 April 1960; Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party	Republicanos (2024–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); UNIÃO (2022–2024);
Spouse	Rosinha Assed (m. 1981)
Occupation	Radio broadcaster

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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.

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. He is married to Rosinha Matheus and has nine children, of whom five are adopted.