Nelson Padovani

Nelson Padovani is a Brazilian politician who served as a federal deputy for Paraná, for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
He entered office in March of 2016 as a substitute and third alternate of the Unidos Pelo Paraná coalition.
Short after entering office, Padovani voted to open impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff. Padovani later stepped down on November 1, 2016 until resuming his office again on January 1, 2017.
In August of 2017, he voted to dismiss the passive corruption charges against at the time President Michel Temer, whose approval ratings were the worst for a Brazilian president since the military dictatorship. Padovani again stepped down on April 9, 2018.
Padovani has a son with the same name, who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2023.