Jarbas Vasconcelos (born 23 August 1942) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer.

He represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate from 2007 to 2015 and for a second term from 2019 to September 2023, when he officially resigned from office and retired from politics.

He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

After serving in the army for two years, Vasconcelos enrolled into the Catholic University of Pernambuco in 1964. he became interested in politics and joined the Brazilian Democratic Movement in 1966.

He finished his Bachelor of Law degree two years later.