Garbas Vasconcelos is taking a 4-month health leave from the Senate

The first alternate, economist Fernando Doyer, also from the Asian Development Bank, took over for this period

Senator Garbas Vasconcelos (MDB-PE), 80 years old, took leave for health treatment from November 21, 2022 to March 30, 2023. Fernando Dewer63, also from MDB and the first alternate on the list, takes over the state during the period.

🇧🇷It is with great calm and responsibility that I take up this new challenge for the next four months. Responsibility with the interests of my country and also with all the work that Senator Gerbas has developed throughout his political careerDewyer said in a note.

a The power is 360 He discovered that Gerbas had obtained his license due to the need to intensify his physical therapy sessions. He was already undergoing treatment for one of his legs, and now he would also have to take care of his spine. Attending sessions would hinder the performance of activities in the Senate. Here it is Full of From the sick leave request (514 KB).

shall be installed no later than when the President of the Senate is summoned, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG). At the moment, there is no exact date.

Born in Recife, Fernando Antonio Caminha Dewer is 63 years old and has a degree in Economics from UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco), with a postgraduate degree in Public Administration from FGV-SP (Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo).

He was the General Superintendent of the CBTU (Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos) in Pernambuco from 1995 to 1998, when he coordinated the expansion project of the Recife subway southern line.

He headed the Infrastructure Department of the State of Pernambuco from 1999 to 2006, during the tenure of Gerbas Vasconcelos and Mendonca Filho (Then in the extinct PFL and DEM, today in União Brasil a federal vice president is elected).

Also during this period, he chaired the boards of directors of Celpe (Companhia Energética de Pernambuco, today Neoenergia Pernambuco), Compesa (Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento), Copergás (Companhia Pernambucana de Gás), Porto do Recife and Impresa Metropolitana (Urban Transport). Now Recife’s largest transport association).

From 2007 to 2015 he was a technical advisor to Jarbas Vasconcelos in the Senate.