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Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva
Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva
	Official portrait as senator
Senator for Roraima
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2023
Federal Deputy for Roraima
	In office; 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2023
Constituency	Roraima
Personal details
Born	5 May 1968 (age 56); Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
Political party	PP (2016–present)
Other political; affiliations	See list PL (2001–06); PR (2006–09); PTN (2009–10); PHS (2010–11); PSDB (2011–13); PMN (2013–15); PMB (2015–16);
Spouse	Gerlane Baccarin
Children	5
Alma mater	Federal University of Amazonas (BM)
Profession	Physician
Website	www.deputadohirangoncalves.com.br

Hiran Manuel Gonçalves da Silva (born 5 May 1968) is a Brazilian politician as well as a physician and ophthalmologist. Although born in Amazonas, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, having served as state representative since 2015.^[1]

Personal life

Gonçalves married to Gerlane Baccarin with whom he has one child and he has four other children from a first marriage and he has four grandchildren. Gonçalves is a physician prior to entering politics, and has also worked as an ophthalmologist and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.^[2] Gonçalves moved with his family from Amazonas to Roraima in 1982, he worked as a medical examiner at the Instituto Médico Legal (IML) in Roraima from 1982 to 2007. He has served briefly as a health inspector to prevent cancer and sexual abuse in the Northwest states of Brazil.^[3]

Political career

Gonçalves was initially a member of Party of National Mobilization shortly before running for office switched to the Progressive Party.^[1]

Gonçalves voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[4] Gonçalves voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hiran Gonçalves – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "1º Fórum Nacional de Atenção à Pessoa com Deficiência Visual" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ Mendonça, Benné (11 October 2018). "Hiran Gonçalves agradece eleitores e movimento médico por sua reeleição". Roraima Em Foco. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.