General Pazuello

Eduardo Pazuello, born in Rio de Janeiro/RJ on July 19, 1963, holds a degree in military sciences from the Agulhas Negras Military Academy, located in Rio de Janeiro. He attended the Command and General Staff course in the Army and the aerospace policy and strategy course in the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).

Political Career

Eduardo Pazuello's political career began in 2018 when he was appointed Secretary of Finance of Roraima during the period of federal intervention . In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was appointed by the then Minister of Health, Nelson Teich , as Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Health. After Teich's departure on May 15, Pazuello assumed the Ministry on an interim basis until being appointed, in June 2020, by then President Jair Bolsonaro . In 2021, he was replaced by physician Marcelo Queiroga and appointed Secretary of Strategic Affairs of the Special Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic.

In 2022, Pazuello ran for office with the Liberal Party (PL), and was elected with 205,324 votes, finishing second in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Performance in the National Congress

General Pazuello has distinguished himself through his work on issues related to public security, national defense, health, and the energy matrix.

Among his main achievements are:

• Author of Bills 619/2024 and 620/2024 , which aim to toughen the Penal Code;
• Co-author of Constitutional Amendment Proposal 28/2024 , which aims to allow Congress to suspend decisions of the Supreme Federal Court;
• Rapporteur for Bill 397/2023 , which aims to establish the "Flight to Freedom" Program, with the objective of curbing human trafficking in airports.

Pazuello is the president of the Mixed Parliamentary Front in Support of the Humanitarian Reception of Transnational Migrants and Refugees and of the Parliamentary Front in Support of Oil, Gas and Energy .