Gil_Diniz
Gil Diniz
Brazilian 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]
Gil Diniz | |
|---|---|
| State Deputy from São Paulo | |
| Assumed office March 15, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gildevanio Ilso dos Santos Diniz (1986-08-29) August 29, 1986 (age 37) Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Political party | PSC (2015–2018) PSL (2018–2020)[1] Independent (2020- ) |
| Occupation | Postman and politician |
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]
Personal life
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]
Electoral performance
| Year | Office | Votes | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | State representative of SP | 214,037 | Elected | [16] |
- "PSL expulsa deputados bolsonarista Gil Diniz e Douglas Garcia". O Antagonista. July 15, 2020.
- "Eleições 2018 | Gil Diniz Deputado Estadual 17120". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "De trajetória improvável, 'Carteiro Reaça' leva estilo Bolsonaro à Assembleia". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 13, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Cinco meses na central de memes e boatos do Whatsapp de Gil Diniz". Época (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 1, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Promotor que investiga rachadinha cobra 'qualificação completa de todos' os assessores do Carteiro Reaça". Fausto Macedo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Bolsonaro (PP) é o deputado federal com maior número de votos no RJ". UOL Eleições 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "PSL avalia lançar 'Carteiro Reaça' à Prefeitura de São Paulo". R7.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 30, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Veja os candidatos a deputado estadual eleitos em SP". G1. October 8, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- "Deputado Estadual". www.al.sp.gov.brhttps.[permanent dead link]
- @carteiroreaca (February 27, 2020). "@carnavalnosofa Sinal Católico colocado na testa na quarta-feira de Cinzas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @carteiroreaca (December 12, 2020). "Meu repúdio aos assassinos de vidas humanas em gestação, seus cúmplices e aos deputados Argentinos. Maldito seja um…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Gil Diniz". www.facebook.com.
- "Deputados investigados por 'fake news' publicam dois tweets críticos ao STF por dia em três meses". Aos Fatos. May 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.