Gil Diniz | |
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State Deputy from São Paulo | |
Assumed office March 15, 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gildevanio Ilso dos Santos Diniz August 29, 1986 Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Political party |
PSC (2015–2018) PSL (2018–2020) [1] Independent (2020- ) |
Occupation | Postman and politician |
Gildevanio Ilso dos Santos Diniz (August 29, 1986), better known as Gil Diniz or Carteiro Reaça, is a Brazilian postman and politician. He has been a member of the Social Liberal Party since 2018, until he was expelled in 2020 for allegedly spreading fake news and attacks on democratic institutions, such as the STF. [2]
He was born in Serra Talhada, in the interior of Pernambuco in 1986. [3] Diniz started the History course with a full scholarship through the state program Prouni, but did not complete it. [4] Between 2009 and 2011, he tried to join the Military Police of São Paulo State, but failed to pass the psychotechnical exam. [4]
Diniz joined the Brazilian Post and Telegraph Company, where he became known in his unit for being critical of the company's union and the Workers' Party. [5] There he received the nickname "Carteiro (Postman) Reaça". [6]
During the 2014 elections, he met Eduardo Bolsonaro of whom he became a friend and started helping with the leaflets of Eduardo's campaign for deputy. [7] After Eduardo's election, Gil became Eduardo's office advisor, a position he held until August 2018, with an average salary of 5,000 reais a month. [8] [4]
In the 2018 elections, he was elected state representative by São Paulo, with an expressive vote of 214,037 votes. [9]
Diniz has two children. [10] He is Roman Catholic. [11] [12] [13] [14]
According to the survey of Aos Fatos in May 2020, Gil Diniz and a group of seven deputies investigated in the fake news survey published an average of two posts per day on a social network over a period of three months, with misinformation or mentioning the STF critical. [15]
Year | Office | Votes | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | State representative of SP | 214,037 | Elected | [16] |
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