Nilton Capixaba
Capixaba in April 2018
Federal Deputy for Rondônia
In office
1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
Personal details
Born
Nilton Balbino

(1960-02-09) 9 February 1960
Cuparaque, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyPTB

Nilton Balbino (born 9 February 1960) better known as Nilton Capixaba is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Minas Gerais, he has spent his political career representing Rondônia, having served as state representative from 2015 to 2019.[1]

Personal life

Capixaba was born to Nilson Balbino and Ernestina Soares.[1] He is a member of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

Capixaba voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Capixaba would vote against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[4] and he voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

In February 2018 Capixaba was investigated and ultimately convicted of passive corruption, and was given a 6-year, 10 month, and six day open prison sentence. In the scheme Capixaba and other politicians from the state of Rondônia accepted over RS 1 million from an ambulance union to make sure only their ambulances were operating in the state.[6] However, during this time Capixaba was still allowed to continue working as a federal deputy.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "NILTON CAPIXABA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Gutierrez, Roberto (8 February 2017). "Nilton Capixaba participa de reunião com presidente da Assembleia de Deus no Brasil" (in Portuguese). Folha De Rondônia. Retrieved 14 May 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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 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. ↑ Paulo Roberto Netto (22 November 2018). "Raquel vai ao Supremo para proibir Nilton Capixaba de exercer atividade na Câmara" [Raquel goes to the Supreme to prohibit Nilton Capixaba from exercising activity in the Chamber] (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Fonseca, Jaqueline; Subtil, Mayara (13 November 2018). "Ministro do STF autoriza Nilton Capixaba a trabalhar como deputado federal durante o dia" [Minister of STF authorizes Nilton Capixaba to work as a federal deputy during the day]. Rede Amazônica (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 14 May 2019.


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