Political and professional trajectory of Evair de Melo

His professional career is mainly linked to agriculture, agribusiness, rural technical assistance and cooperativism. Before entering politics, he worked in technical roles in the sector and at the Capixaba Institute of Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Incaper).

With Evair (Republicans), Renato Casagrande (PSB) was also elected. The two will form the Espírito Santo bench in Brasília, alongside senator Magno Malta (PL).

Between 2000 and 2008, Evair was Secretary of Agriculture and Environment of Venda Nova do Imigrante. During the period, it participated in the implementation of initiatives aimed at agricultural production and strengthening the sector, such as tomato and coffee quality programs, in addition to the creation of the Coffee Festival, the machinery and equipment fair and municipal and regional coffee competitions.

Between 2009 and 2014, he chaired Incaper. At the head of the institute, he participated in the preparation of strategic planning that reorganized the administrative structure, staff and regional offices, expanding the services provided to rural producers.

In 2014, he was elected federal deputy for the Green Party (PV), starting his first term in 2015. He was re-elected in 2018, then for the PP, and won his third consecutive term in 2022, when he received 75,034 votes and was the fourth most voted federal deputy in Espírito Santo.

In April 2026, he left the PP and joined the Republicans to run for a seat in the Senate for the first time.

During his three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, Evair's work focused mainly on topics related to agriculture, agribusiness and cooperativism.

Among the projects he authored that were approved and transformed into law are proposals that regulate the industrial and sanitary inspection of artisanal agro-industrialization of products of animal origin, create national policies to encourage the production of quality cocoa, floriculture, beekeeping and coconut farming and recognize Venda Nova do Imigrante as the National Capital of Agrotourism.