Túlio Gadêlha


Túlio Gadêlha Sales de Melo is a Brazilian politician. A member of the Democratic Labour Party, he has served as a federal deputy for Pernambuco since 2019.

Personal life

Gadêlha is an alumnus of Catholic University of Pernambuco. Since 2017 Gadêlha has been in a relationship with Grupo Globo journalist Fatima Bernardes. In his free time he is an avid surfer and beach goer.

Political career

Gadêlha contested in the 2014 election, but only received 3,495 votes and was not elected to office. Poit was elected to be federal deputy for his home state of Pernambuco, being elected with 75,642 votes in the 2018 election. Gadêlha has been previously a strong critic of Michel Temer.