Pauderney Tomaz Avelino (September 24, 1954) is a Brazilian civil engineer, businessman, and politician, affiliated with the Brazil Union (UNIÃO).

[6] Born in Eirunepé, a town in the southwest of Amazonas [pt], Pauderney moved to Manaus, the state capital, when he was still young.

[8] Affiliated to the Christian Democratic Party [pt] (PDC), he was elected federal deputy for Amazonas in 1990, after receiving 15 659 votes.

[23] After receiving 26,371 votes, Pauderney finished in sixth place and did not advance to the second round, which was contested between communist Vanessa Grazziotin and the candidate of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, Arthur Neto.

[26] He was harassed and assaulted in the early afternoon of May 13, 2016, when he arrived from Brasilia at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus.

[27][29] According to the parliamentarian, the group, made up of 15 people, harassed him in the airport lobby, calling him a "coup plotter" because of his position in Congress in favor of opening the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.

He also said that he would request the images from the security system from the Federal Police, in order to file a complaint against the alleged attackers.

[30][31] He was in favor of the labor reform and voted to dismiss the complaint against Michel Temer filed by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

[3] On August 16, 2013, the Deputy Secretary of Education of Manaus, Deuzamir Pereira, stated in an interview with the newspaper A Crítica [pt] that there was a group "embezzling public funds" through the rental of buildings used as schools in the municipality.

A few days later, he was summoned to the Manaus City Council [pt] to explain his statements and denied having made the allegations reported by the newspaper.

[43] The issue resurfaced on March 16, 2016, when the Amazonas State Court of Auditors [pt] (TCE-AM) ordered Pauderney Avelino to return 4.6 million reais.

[44] According to an audit conducted by the Court, Avelino inflated rental contracts for 47 properties during his tenure as Secretary of Education of Manaus.

The largest contract, worth 1.4 million, reais was awarded to the company Millennium Locadora Ltda, for a building housing the Sub-Secretary of Infrastructure and Logistics' storage facility.

Counselor Yara Lins accepted the request, citing issues related to the land ownership of properties in the city, especially in areas subject to invasions or occupations.