Hugo Motta
Brazilian politician
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Hugo Motta Wanderley da Nóbrega (born 11 September 1989) is a Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Republicans.[1][2] He is a federal deputy for the state of Paraíba, and is the current President of the Chamber of Deputies.[3][4]
11 September 1989
Hugo Motta | |
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| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Lira |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2011 | |
| Constituency | Paraíba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugo Motta Wanderley da Nóbrega 11 September 1989 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil |
| Party | Republicanos (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PMDB (2005–2018) PRB (2018–2019) |
| Alma mater | Faculdade Nova Esperança Catholic University of Brasília |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
Biography
Early years and education
Son of a traditional family with ties to Paraíba politics,[5] Hugo was born in João Pessoa, the state capital.[6]
His paternal grandfather, Nabor Wanderley da Nóbrega, was mayor of the municipality of Patos,[7] in the interior of Paraíba, between 1956 and 1959.[8] His maternal grandfather, Edivaldo Motta, was a state deputy of Paraíba five times and served two terms as a federal deputy.[9] His maternal grandmother, Francisca Motta, was a state deputy of Paraíba for six terms, as well as being elected mayor of Patos in the 2012 election.[10][11]
His father, Nabor Wanderley, was mayor of Patos for two consecutive terms, holding the position from 2005 to 2012.[12] He was elected to the state legislature in 2014.[13] He returned to the position of mayor of Patos after being elected for a new term in 2020, being re-elected in 2024.[14][15]
He began his studies in medicine at the Nova Esperança Faculty of Medicine in João Pessoa in 2007.[16] When he moved to Brasília in 2011, he transferred the course to the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), where he graduated in 2013.[8][16]
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.[17][18]
In 2014, he was re-elected federal deputy for Paraíba.[19] 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.[20][21][22] He voted in favor of the admissibility of Dilma Rousseff's impeachment process.[23]
In 2015, Motta was chosen president of the parliamentary inquiry committee of Petrobras.[21] During Michel Temer's presidency, he voted in favor of the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.[24] In April 2017, he was in favor of the Labor Reform.[24] 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).[24]
In 2018, he left the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), after thirteen years in the party, to join the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB).[25] In the new party, he was elected to office for the third time.[26] In 2022, he was re-elected for a fourth term, achieving the highest vote in the state.[27]
He was chosen by Arthur Lira to be the candidate to succeed him as 2025 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election.[28][29][30] On February 1, 2025, he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies after receiving 444 votes out of 513.[31] At the age of 35, he was the youngest deputy to be elected president in the history of the Chamber.[32]
Electoral performance
| Year | Election | Party | Office | Coalition | Votes | Percent | Result | |
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| 2010 | State Elections of Paraíba | MDB | Federal Deputy | United Paraíba (PP, PTB, PMDB, PSC, PMN) |
86,150 | 4.88% | Elected | |
| 2014 | State Elections of Paraíba | Real Renewal (PMDB) |
123,686 | 6.39% | Elected | |||
| 2018 | State Elections of Paraíba | Republicanos | The Strength of Work I (PSB, PTB, PRB, PT, DEM, PDT, PCdoB, PODE) |
92,468 | 4.65% | Elected | ||
| 2022 | State Elections of Paraíba | N/a | 158,171 | 7.13% | Elected | |||