Davi Alcolumbre

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Davi Alcolumbre

David Samuel Alcolumbre Tobelem (born June 19, 1977 in Macapá , Amapá ) is a Brazilian politician . He is the 67th President of the Federal Senate in the National Congress .

Life

Davi Alcolumbre is of Moroccan descent, his parents are Samuel José Tobelem and Júlia Peres Alcolumbre. He is the first Jew in the history of Brazil to assume the presidency of the Senate. He has completed secondary school and is a businessman by profession.

His political career began when he joined the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT, 1999-2006), he then moved to the PFL, the forerunner of the Democratas , to which he still belongs today. From 2001 to 2003 he was a city councilor in Macapá, in 2002 he was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress in his home state , and in 2006 and 2010 he was re-elected.

In the 2014 elections in Brazil , he ran as a Senate candidate against Gilvam Borges and won with 36.26% of the vote. He took office on February 1, 2015.

On February 2nd, Alcolumbre was elected in the first round with 42 votes as the new President of the Bundessenat, thanks to the support of the opponents of Renan Calheiros and part of the government base of Jair Bolsonaro .

He was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 18, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Davi Alcolumbre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Samuel Alcolumbre Tobelem. In: fgv.br. CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil, accessed on April 5, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese, biographical article, as of 2013).
  2. ↑ Jewish lawmaker elected president of Brazilian senate in historic first. In: jpost.com. The Jerusalem Post , February 3, 2019, accessed April 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais - Davi. In: divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral , accessed April 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Amanda Audi: Foi a velha política que fez de Davi Alcolumbre o presidente do Senado da 'nova era'. In: theintercept.com. The Intercept _Brazil, February 15, 2019, accessed April 5, 2020 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Alcolumbre testa positivo para Covid-19. In: oantagonista.com. O Antagonista, March 18, 2020, accessed April 5, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
predecessor Office successor
Eunício Oliveira President of the Federal Senate
2019–
personal data
SURNAME Alcolumbre, Davi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alcolumbre Tobelem, David Samuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Macapá