Chiquinho Brazão
Chiquinho Brazão | |
|---|---|
| Federal Deputy | |
| In office 1 February 2019 – 24 April 2025 Suspended: 24 March 2024 – 24 April 2025 | |
| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
| Councillor of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 2005 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | João Francisco Inácio Brazão 22 February 1962 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Party | Independent (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Occupation | Merchant, entrepreneur, politician |
| Criminal information | |
| Known for | Assassination of Marielle Franco |
| Criminal status | Home arrest |
| Convictions | Double homicide, attempted murder, armed criminal organization |
| Criminal penalty | 76 years and 3 months in prison |
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João Francisco Inácio Brazão (born 22 February 1962), better known as Chiquinho Brazão, is a Brazilian businessman and politician.
He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 elections for Avante with a total vote of 25,817. Brazão is brother to Domingos Brazão and Pedro Brazão, well-known politicians.
Along with his brother Domingos Brazão, he was one of those accused of ordering the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco. In 2025, due to Chiquinho Brazão's health condition, the minister of the Federal Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, granted house arrest. He had been imprisoned in the Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary since 2024.