Wilson Santiago

José Wilson Santiago was born on June 10, 1957, in Uiraúna, Paraíba . He is a lawyer, public defender, and federal public servant by training, with a long professional career before entering elected politics. Affiliated with the Republicanos (PB) party since 2022, he currently holds the mandate of federal deputy for Paraíba in the 2023–2027 legislature , having been elected to the position with a significant vote and having already served in other legislatures in the same post in the 2000s and 2010s.

Political Career

His political career began as a state representative in Paraíba in the mid-1990s and continued at the federal level, where he served as a federal deputy between 2003 and 2011 and returned to the House of Representatives in 2019 before being re-elected for his current term. He also briefly served as a senator in 2011 and throughout his party career has held various leadership positions, such as leader and deputy leader in party blocs and deputy leader of the government, in addition to leading internal committees and actively participating in parliamentary negotiations.

Performance in the House of Representatives

In the National Congress, Wilson Santiago has continuous participation in important committees and legislative activity: in the House of Representatives he is a member of the Education Committee and the Special Committee on Amendments to Income Tax Legislation (PL 1087/25) , he is an alternate member of the Financial Oversight and Control Committee , and has held prominent positions such as 2nd vice-president of a parliamentary group and leader of the Republicans in the Joint Budget Committee (CMO) . By 2025, he has registered approximately 75 proposals of his authorship and 3 of his report in the House of Representatives system, with matters focused on education, regional development and fiscal issues, in addition to working for resources and investments for municipalities in Paraíba.