[1] He is currently the party's vice president and member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the state of Rio de Janeiro.

[2][3] Quaquá had served as mayor of Maricá, Rio de Janeiro for two terms, being elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012, succeeded by Fabiano Horta, from the same party.

In 2013, he was convicted by the Electoral Justice for abuse of political party and conduct prohibited to public agents.

However, the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro did not revoke his mandate, choosing only to make him ineligible for 8 years.

[5][6] On 25 June 2016, during his administration, he inaugurated a statue in tribute to guerrilla leader Che Guevara, in front of the homonymous municipal hospital.