[1][2] He is a federal deputy for Bahia and former president of the Conselho Nacional de Assistência Social [pt] (CNAS).

[12] He then moved to Rio de Janeiro to study at Universidade Gama Filho in 1993, where he specialized in Economic and Financial Auditing.

[12][13][14] Since the 1990s, he has served on the management boards of government institutions and the executive committees of representative bodies for Santas Casas and philanthropic hospitals.

[15] Between 2009 and 2010, he took on the role of Secretary of Labor, Social Assistance and Citizen's Rights at Salvador City Hall.

[30] However, after the Supreme Federal Court (STF) opened an inquiry and more than a year of investigation, the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) concluded that the complaint should be dropped because there was no material evidence of the company receiving unaccounted for funds in the 2010 election campaign.