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Chiquinho Brazão

Chiquinho Brazão

1962

Nationality
Brazil
Occupation
politician

João Francisco Inácio Brazão (born 22 February 1962), better known as Chiquinho Brazão, is a Brazilian businessman and politician. He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 elections for Avante with a total vote of 25,817.

Incarceration history

Biography

João Francisco Inácio Brazão (born 22 February 1962), better known as Chiquinho Brazão, is a Brazilian businessman and politician. He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 elections for Avante with a total vote of 25,817. Brazão is brother to Domingos Brazão and Pedro Brazão, well-known politicians. Along with his brother Domingos Brazão, he was one of those accused of ordering the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco. In 2025, due to Chiquinho Brazão's health condition, the minister of the Federal Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, granted house arrest. He had been imprisoned in the Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary since 2024.