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Walter Ihoshi

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Walter Ihoshi
Ihoshi in September 2015
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
In office
1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2007
Personal details
Born (1961-07-17) 17 July 1961 (age 63)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSD

Walter Shindi Ihoshi (born 17 July 1961) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019.[1]

Personal life

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Corrêa us the son of Migaku Iihoshi and Yoshiko Iihoshi.[1] After graduating with a B.A. in economics, Ihoshi completed his master's degree from 1987 to 1988 at the University of California.[1]

Political career

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Ihoshi voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[2] He would later vote in against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[3]

In 2018 Ihoshi and several other politicians who were not re-elected that years election were offered civil service positions by Onyx Lorenzoni for the cabinet for president elect Jair Bolsonaro. Ihoshi had previously been offered a similar position the year before by Bolsonaro's predecessor Michel Temer, although he turned the offer down due to his duties as federal deputy.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "WALTER IHOSHI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Walter Ihoshi é convidado para articulação política de Bolsonaro" (in Portuguese). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.