César Halum
Halum in April 2014
Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Aquaculture for Tocantins
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Federal Deputy for Tocantins
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 January 2019
State Deputy for Tocantins
In office
1 February 2003 – 31 December 2010
Mayor of Araguaína
In office
1997–1998
Personal details
Born (1954-03-10) 10 March 1954
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyPRB (2013–)
PSD (2011–2013)
PPS (2009–2011)
DEM (2007–2009)
PFL (1988–2007)

César Hanna Halum (born 10 March 1954) is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer. Although born in Goiás, he has spent his political career representing the state of Tocantins, having served as state representative from 2011 to 2019.[1]

Personal life

Halum is the son of Geny Elias Halum and Nahim Hanna Halum.[1] He is an alumnus of the Federal University of Goiás.[2] Halum is married to Grácia Maria Teixeira with whom he has three children: Flávia, Fernanda and César Henrique.[2] Before becoming a politician he worked as a veterinarian.[1]

Political career

Halum voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

After failing to be reelected to a third term in the chamber of deputies in the 2018 election, Halum was appointed the secretary of agriculture, livestock and aquaculture for the state of Tocantins.[2] In March 2019, Halum represented Tocantins at an international conference in Lima, Peru, on sustainable agricultural production.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CÉSAR HALUM – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Perfil do Secretário, César Halum" (in Portuguese). Secreta de Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Secretário César Halum representa o Tocantins em conferência sobre produção agrícola sustentável no Peru" (in Portuguese). Secreta de Agricultura, Pecuária e Aquicultura. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.


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