Renan Calheiros

Who is Renan Calheiros?

Renan Calheiros (born in Murici, Alagoas, on September 16 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former President of the Senate of Brazil. He represents the state of Alagoas in the senate for the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party party.On May 25, 2007, ''Veja'' magazine accused Calheiros of accepting funds from a lobbyist to pay for the child support of a daughter from a previous extramarital affair with journalist Monica Veloso. In trying to justify the origin of the funds, subsequent investigations on Calheiros' business dealings led to other revelations about income tax fraud and the use of a proxy to buy a stake in a radio station. Calheiros was subject to a disciplinary inquiry by the senate's ethics committee on four different counts. On September 12, 2007, the senate voted by secret ballot against impeaching Calheiros on the lobby funds accusation. He is still facing three separate inquiries on other charges. After the vote, the public outrage which followed forced congress to... a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=13609050full article at wikipedia/aRenan CalheirosPMDBALLegislatura inicial:52 Legislatura final:53Ano inicial: 2003 Ano final: 2011renan.calheiros@senador.gov.brhttp://www.senado.gov.br/sf/senadores/senadores_institucional.asp?leg=aamp;codparl=70http://www.senado.gov.br/web/senador/RenanCalheiros/default.asp