Fernando Francischini


Fernando Destito Francischini commonly referred to as Delegado Francischini is a Brazilian politician, as well as a captain in the Brazilian military police. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative in the lower house of the national legislature from 2011 to 2019 and the state legislature since 2019.

Personal life

Francischini is a devout evangelical Christian and member of the Pentecostal church Assembleias de Deus. His son Felipe Francischini is also a politician, having served in both the state legislature and the lower house of the national legislature as his father.

Political career

Francischini voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. He voted in favor raising the spending ceiling of Brazil's government but voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms Francischini voted in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.
In November 2016, Francischini opposed "caixa 2" amnesty bill, along with fellow federal deputies Onyx Lorenzoni, Alessandro Molon, Vanderlei Macris, Carlos Sampaio, Joaquim Passarinho, and Senators Alvaro Dias and Ana Amélia Lemos, listening to the claims of the civil society that signed for the approval of the 10 Anti-corruption Measures, and of the Public Prosecutor's Office, author of the bill.
In March 2018 Francischini joined the Social Liberal Party and endorsed Jair Bolsonaro's campaign for president of Brazil.