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Valdemar Costa Neto
Brazilian politician (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valdemar Costa Neto (born 11 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician. He is a congressman and president of the Liberal Party (PL),[1][2] the party of the former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.
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In this Portuguese name, the second or paternal family name is Costa. "Neto" is a generational suffix meaning "grandson", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father and grandfather, like "III" in English.
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Federal Deputy for São Paulo | |||||||||||||||
In office 1 February 2007 – 5 December 2013 | |||||||||||||||
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1949-08-11) 11 August 1949 (age 74) São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Political party | PL (2006–present) | ||||||||||||||
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In 2012, he was charged with corruption and money laundering. He was arrested in the same year, but in 2016 he received a pardon by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).[3][4] Valdemar was detained on 8 February 2024 by the Federal Police (PF) for possession of a firearm. [5]