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Onyx Lorenzoni | |
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| Member of theChamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 February 2003 – 31 January 2023 | |
| Constituency | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | |
| In office 26 July 2021 – 31 March 2022 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Caio Vieira de Mello |
| Succeeded by | José Carlos Oliveira |
| General Secretary of the Presidency | |
| In office 12 February 2021 – 26 July 2021 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Jorge Oliveira |
| Succeeded by | Luiz Eduardo Ramos |
| Minister of Citizenship | |
| In office 18 February 2020 – 12 February 2021 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Osmar Terra |
| Succeeded by | João Roma |
| Chief of Staff of the Presidency | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 18 February 2020 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Eliseu Padilha |
| Succeeded by | Walter Braga Netto |
| Member of theLegislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul | |
| In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 2003 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni (1954-10-03)3 October 1954 (age 71) Porto Alegre,Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Party | PL (2022–present) |
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| Children | Rodrigo Lorenzoni |
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| Education | Federal University of Santa Maria (BA) |
Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni (born 3 October 1954) is a Brazilian politician, businessman, andveterinarian. A member of theLiberal Party (PL), he served as afederal deputy fromRio Grande do Sul for five terms. After the2018 Brazilian general election, the president-electJair Bolsonaro invited Lorenzoni to be hisChief of Staff.[1] He was also designated leader of the transition team.[2]
In 2022, he ran to becomeRio Grande do Sul's governor. In the 2022 gubernatorial elections, he came in 1st place with 37.5% of the vote in the 1st round. However, he failed to get elected in the second round, receiving 42.88% of the vote againstEduardo Leite.[3]
Lorenzoni was elected State Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul in 1994 for theLiberal Party (PL) (merged withParty of the Republic in 2006). In 2003, now in theLiberal Front Party (PFL), he was elected Federal Deputy, being one of the strongest opponents of the government of presidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva and theWorkers' Party (PT).
During his terms in the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzoni was a member of the Mixed Inquiry Parliamentary Committee (CPMI), investigatingCorreios,[4] Cachoeira (illegal gambling entrepreneur Carlinhos Cachoeira),[5] andPetrobras.[6]
On 2016, Lorenzoni voted for theimpeachment of then presidentDilma Rousseff (PT).[7] During the government ofMichel Temer (MDB), Lorenzoni supported the Constitutional Amendment nº.95 (New Tax Regime) and Labor Reform.[7] On August and September 2017, the Deputy voted against the reports that rejected two complaints made by the then Prosecutor GeneralRodrigo Janot against president Temer.[7][8]
On 14 March 2017, Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot sent to theSupreme Federal Court 83 inquiries based in pleas made by 78 executives ofOdebrecht,[9] being mentioned in Odebrecht testimonies.[10] In June 2018, Supreme Court JusticeLuiz Fux rejected the inquiry: "The steps taken were not enough to elucidate the materiality of the alleged crime".[11] To theRBS TV, Lorenzoni assumed the irregularity, claiming that he "couldn't" declare the money to the Electoral Justice, and that the cipher would be less than theR$200,000[a] cited by Ricardo Saud.[12]
Lorenzoni is a member of theEvangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil.[13]
In June 2020 he was diagnosed withCOVID-19.[14]
In 2016, Lorenzoni was part of the committee that turned the ten anti-corruption measures proposed by theFederal Public Prosecutor's Office into law. During the process of discussion, four versions of the report were presented.
The first report Lorenzoni presented on 9 November criminalised"caixa 2" and proposed integrity tests for public agents with solely administrative consequences, while the original text had proposed criminal and civil lawsuits.[15]
The second report, presented on 21 November, typified the crime of "caixa 2", with sentences of two to five years for people who use non-declared resources in electoral campaigns.[16] These changes were seen as a way for politicians who used "caixa 2" before the change in law to seek amnesty, although the report had not proposed the amnesty directly.[17] Also, vote selling was typified as crime. This version had 17 measures.
Lorenzoni's third report on 22 November decreased the number of measures from 17 to 12, removing those that mentioned popular lawsuits and international cooperation pleas.[18]
The fourth report, with 20 changes from the previous one, was presented on 23 November. Among the changes there were: raising the minimum amount required for active and passive corruption to be considered a major crime from 100 to 10,000 minimum wage equivalents (about R$8.8 million); removal of the time to set up investigations and finish denounces;[clarification needed] prosecuting those who practice it in the name of a candidate (in addition to the candidates themselves, their political parties and donors).[19] The Committee unanimously approved this version the same day, with 30 votes in favour.[20]
In October 2016, Lorenzoni supported the decision of the Supreme Federal Court of allowing the prison of defendants convicted in second instance, and said the will include it among the anti-corruptions measures. "What are we gonna do? We're gonna bring this decision of the Supreme Federal Court and put in the final report. In other words, from now on, there is a decision of the Supreme Court and in a few months there will be, in the Brazilian Code of Penal Procedure, the same decision confirmed in a law by the Brazilian parliament", he said.[21][22]
In November 2016, Lorenzoni opposed "caixa 2" amnesty,[23] along with DeputiesFernando Francischini (SD-PR),[23]Alessandro Molon (REDE-RJ),[24] Vanderlei Macris (PSDB-SP),[25]Carlos Sampaio (PSDB-SP),[25]Joaquim Passarinho (PSD-PA),[25] and SenatorsAlvaro Dias (PV-PR)[26] andAna Amélia Lemos (PP-RS),[27] listening to the claims of the civil society that signed for the approval of the 10 Anti-corruption Measures, and of the Public Prosecutor's Office, author of the bill.[23]
In November 2016, in an interview in the Brazilian TV showRoda Viva, Deputy Lorenzoni reaffirmed his opposition tolegal immunity. "There is, in the country, a feeling of impunity. I hope the Congress take this moment to make a conciliation with the streets. The parliamentaries need to have capacity and humility to listen to the voice of the streets".[28]
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| Preceded by | Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2019–2020 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Citizenship 2020–21 | Succeeded by João Roma |
| Vacant Title last held by Jorge Oliveira | Secretary-General of the Presidency 2021 | Succeeded by |
| Position reestablished | Minister of Labour and Social Security 2021–2022 | Succeeded by José Carlos Oliveira |
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