Hugo Motta

Hugo Motta
Hugo Motta in 2015
Federal Deputy
Member of Parliament
for Paraíba
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 1, 2011
Personal details
Born (1989-09-11) September 11, 1989 (age 35)
João Pessoa, Paraíba
Political partyRepublicans (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB) (2005–2018)
Parent(s)Ilanna Motta (mother), Nabor Wanderley (father)
Occupationpolitician
Professionphysician

Hugo Motta Wanderley da Nóbrega (born September 11, 1989) is a Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Republicans.[1][2] He is a federal deputy for the state of Paraíba.[3][4]

Biography

Early years and education

Son of a traditional family with ties to Paraíba politics, Hugo was born in João Pessoa, the state capital.[5]

His paternal grandfather, Nabor Wanderley da Nóbrega, was mayor of the municipality of Patos, in the interior of Paraíba, between 1956 and 1959.[6] His maternal grandfather, Edivaldo Motta [pt], was a state deputy of Paraíba five times and served two terms as a federal deputy.[7] His maternal grandmother, Francisca Motta [pt], was a state deputy of Paraíba for six terms, as well as being elected mayor of Patos in the 2012 election.[8][9]

His father, Nabor Wanderley [pt], was mayor of Patos for two consecutive terms, holding the position from 2005 to 2012.[10] He was elected to the state legislature in 2014.[11] He returned to the position of mayor of Patos after being elected for a new term in 2020, being re-elected in 2024.[12][13]

He began his studies in medicine at the Nova Esperança Faculty of Medicine in João Pessoa in 2007.[14] When he moved to Brasília in 2011, he transferred the course to the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), where he graduated in 2013.[6][14]

Politics

He was the youngest deputy in the country's history when he was elected at the age of 21 in the 2010 elections with 86,150 votes.[15][16]

In 2014, he was re-elected federal deputy for Paraíba.[17] Close to Eduardo Cunha, he was part of the 'Cunha shock troops', which included the deputies closest to the then president of the Chamber of Deputies.[18][19][20] He voted in favor of the admissibility of Dilma Rousseff's impeachment process.[21]

In 2015, Motta was chosen president of the parliamentary inquiry committee of Petrobras [pt].[19] During Michel Temer's presidency, he voted in favor of the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.[22] In April 2017, he was in favor of the Labor Reform.[22] In August 2017, he voted against the process in which an investigation of President Michel Temer was requested, helping to dismiss the complaint by the Federal Public Prosecutor 's Office (MPF).[22]

In 2018, he left the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), after thirteen years in the party, to join the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB).[23] In the new party, he was elected to office for the third time.[24] In 2022, he was re-elected for a fourth term, achieving the highest vote in the state.[25]

He was chosen by Arthur Lira to be the candidate to succeed him as 2025 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election.[26][27][28]

Electoral performance

Year Election Party Position Votes % Result Ref
2010 2010 state election in Paraíba PMDB Federal Deputy 86,150 4.88% Elected [29]
2014 2014 state election in Paraíba 123,686 6.39% Elected [30]
2018 2018 state election in Paraíba PRB 92,468 4.65% Elected [31]
2022 2022 state election in Paraíba Republicans 158,171 7.13% Elected [32]

Personal life

He is married to Luana Medeiros Motta, with whom he has two children.[33][34]

References

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