Chico Rodrigues

Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (born 23 April 1951) better known as Chico Rodrigues, is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing Roraima, and was previously governor from April 2014 to December 2014, vice-governor from 2011 to 2014, and also served in the chamber of deputies from 1991 to 2011.

Personal life Rodrigues was born to Sebastião Rodrigues Silva and Eugênia Andrade Silva.

In September 2015 Rodrigues joined the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. Shortly before the 2018 elections Rodrigues re-aligned himself with the Democrats. In the 2018 Brazilian general election he was elected to the federal senate with 111,318 votes, or 22.75%.

In October 2019, following an all-expenses-paid trip to China, Rodrigues announced his strong support for Huawei to build Brazil's 5G network.

A number of Brazilian news outlets reported on 15 October 2020 that Rodrigues was accused of stealing money which was intended to help the people of Roraima due to the economic woes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Police in Brazil reported that they found R$30.000 in his underwear and more than R$100.000 in his house.