Celina Leão
Leão in 2023
Vice Governor of the Federal District
Assumed office
1 January 2023
GovernorIbaneis Rocha
Preceded byPaco Britto
Governor of the Federal District
Acting
In office
8 January 2023 – 15 March 2023
Preceded byIbaneis Rocha
Secretary of Sport and Leisure for the Federal District
In office
21 May 2021 – 11 February 2022
GovernorIbaneis Rocha
Preceded byLeandro Cruz
Succeeded byGiselle Ferreira
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 January 2019 – 1 January 2023
ConstituencyFederal District
President of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2016
Preceded byWasny de Roure
Succeeded byJoe Valle
Member of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2019
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Celina Leão Hazim

(1977-03-02) 2 March 1977
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyPP (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
See list
  • PPS (2016–2018)
  • PDT (2013–2016)
  • PMN (2009–2011)
  • PSDB (2005–2009)

Celina Leão Hizim Ferreira (born 2 March 1977) is a Brazilian business administrator and politician affiliated to the Progressistas (PP),[1] who currently serves as the vice-governor of the Federal District and was the acting governor after the removal of Ibaneis Rocha for 90 days by the Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.[2] Ibaneis was removed after being accused of ignoring security flaws during the 2023 Brazilian Congress attack.[3] The decision to remove Ibaneis from office ended up being endorsed in plenary of the Supreme Federal Court by 9 votes to 2, but it was later revoked by Alexandre de Moraes on 15 March 2023.[4]

Leão is a former federal deputy and former state deputy, and she previously served as a president of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District. [5]

Leão was elected in the first round as vice-governor in 2022, and served only 8 days before assuming the interim governorship.

Political career

In February 2016, after Cristovam Buarque and José Reguffe decided to leave the Democratic Labour Party she also left the political party.[6] A month later, she decided to join the Popular Socialist Party, where she stayed until she decided to left in March 2018.[7] Soon after, she joined the Progressistas (PP), after being invited to run for federal deputy.

Controversies

In March 2017, the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories received a complaint from the Public Ministry and decided to turn Celina and five other district deputies defendants for passive corruption, as part of the so-called Operation Drácon.[8] According to investigations, in 2015, the defendants asked for bribes from companies providing ICU services in the public network of the state. The state deputy appealed to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in an attempt to annul the process, claiming that the evidence had been obtained illegally because it had been recorded on the complainant's cell phone. The Superior Court of Justice denied the appeal.[9]

Electoral history

2022 Federal District gubernatorial election

Election First round
Party Votes % Position Result
2022 MDB / PP 832,633 50.30 No. 1 Elected
(as Vice Governor on Ibaneis Rocha's ticket)[10]

Chamber of Deputies

Election
Party Votes % Position in
Federal District unit		 Result
2018 PP 31,610 0.83 No. 8 Elected[11]

Legislative Assembly of the Federal District

Election
Party Votes % Position in
Federal District unit		 Result
2014 PDT 12,670 0.83 No. 18 Re-elected[12]
2010 PMN 7,771 0.55 No. 24 Elected[13]

References

  1. ↑ Menezes, Delmo (2016-02-22). "Agora é oficial: Celina Leão filia-se hoje ao PPS". Agenda Capital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Moraes decide afastar o governador Ibaneis Rocha, do Distrito Federal, por 90 dias". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  3. ↑ Newsroom, T. B. R. (2023-01-09). "Brazilian Supreme Court justice suspends Brasília governor". The Brazilian Report. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Alexandre de Moraes revoga o afastamento do governador Ibaneis Rocha, do DF". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. ↑ DF, Mateus RodriguesDo G1 (2015-01-01). "Com 'renúncia' de 4 partidos, Celina Leão presidirá Câmara do DF". Distrito Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Celina Leão se despede do PDT com agradecimento - CLDF". www.cl.df.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. ↑ "Celina Leão deixa PPS e vai se filiar ao PP". CB Poder | (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  8. ↑ "TJ do DF recebe denúncia e cinco distritais viram réus na operação Drácon". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  9. ↑ "STJ nega recurso de Celina Leão para anular Operação Drácon | Metrópoles". www.metropoles.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  10. ↑ "Apuração das Eleições 2022 para presidente, governadores, senadores, deputados federais e estaduais". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  11. ↑ "Senadores e deputados federais/distritais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 DF". UOL Eleições 2018. 2018. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  12. ↑ "Senador e deputados federais/distritais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2014 DF (Fonte: TSE) - UOL Eleições 2014". placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br. 2014. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Apuração dos votos: Distrito Federal - Eleições 2010 - Terra". eleicoes.terra.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2010. Retrieved 2023-04-11.


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