Rubens Recalcatti

Rubens Recalcatti
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná
In office 2 May 2017 – 9 April 2021
Personal details
Born	23 October 1948 Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Died	9 April 2021(2021-04-09) (aged 72) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Political party	PSD

Rubens Recalcatti (23 October 1948 – 9 April 2021) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and policeman. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served on the Legislative Assembly of Paraná from 2017 until his death in 2021.^[1][2]

Biography

The son of Jacob Recalcatti, Rubens was born in Videira and moved to Francisco Beltrão in his childhood. He moved to Curitiba in the 1970s and graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná with a degree in social studies.^[3] In 1979, he became an investigative agent for the Civil Police of the State of Paraná [pt]. After earning a law degree from the Centro Universitário Curitiba, he was promoted to homicide detective.

In 2015, Recalcatti was detained by the Rio Branco do Sul prosecutor's office following the death of Ricardo Geffer, the primary suspect in the murder of former mayor João Dirceu Nazzari [pt], who was Recalcatti's cousin. However, because the suspect's death occurred outside of the Rio Branco do Sul jurisdiction, there was no ongoing investigation into the case.^[4] In 2016, he was denounced by the Ministério Público do Paraná for abuse of authority and procedural fraud.^[5] In 2017, the case was sent to the Tribunal de Justiça do Paraná [pt], although he was on the Legislative Assembly of Paraná at that point, giving him a position of privilege.^[6]

Originally a member of the Green Party, Recalcatti ran for the Legislative Assembly of Paraná in 2010, without success. In the 2014 elections, he was the first alternate for the Social Democratic Party, amassing 40,358 votes. He gained a seat in 2017 with the resignation of Chico Brasileiro [pt], who was elected Mayor of Foz do Iguaçu. He was re-elected in 2018 with 35,248 votes.

Aside from his political or policing career, he co-wrote the book Sequestro – Modus Operandi e Estudos de Casos with Noely Manfredini, which was published in 2008.^[7]

Rubens Recalcatti died of a heart attack in Curitiba on 9 April 2021, at the age of 72.^[8]

References

1. "Rubens Recalcatti". Eleições 2014 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 October 2019.
2. "Perfil do deputado Delegado Recalcatti no site da ALEP". Assembléia Legislativa do Paraná (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
3. "Morre o deputado estadual paranaense Delegado Rubens Recalcatti". Tribuna (in Portuguese). 9 April 2021.
4. "Delegado Rubens Recalcatti é preso em operação do Gaeco em Curitiba". G1 (in Portuguese). 13 October 2015.
5. "Delegado Recalcatti é denunciado pelo Gaeco". Band News Curitiba (in Portuguese). 27 January 2016.
6. "Processo contra o delegado Rubens Recalcatti por homicídio é enviado ao TJ-PR". G1 (in Portuguese). 17 May 2017.
7. "Morre o deputado estadual paranaense Delegado Rubens Recalcatti". Tribuna (in Portuguese). 9 April 2021.
8. "Delegado Rubens Recalcatti, deputado estadual no Paraná, morre aos 72 anos após infarto". G1 (in Portuguese). 9 April 2021.