José Janene

José Mohamed Janene (Santo Inácio, September 12, 1955 - São Paulo, September 14, 2010) was a Brazilian businessman, cowman and politician. He had many farms and ran many companies, mostly in Londrina, where he lived. Nevertheless, Janene became notable in politics where he gained notability for being involved in the Mensalão scandal.

At the time of the Mensalão scandal, Janene was the Progressive Party leader in the Chamber of Deputies and was accused of having received R$ 4.1 million from the scheme operated by advertiser Marcos Valério. Among the 19 congressmen involved in the scheme named "valerioduto", Janene was the last one to be tried by the Chamber. Although the lawsuit was initiated on October 17, 2005, the Ethics committee of the Chamber delayed for over 13 months voting on the report that recommended the revocation of Janene's mandate. From September 2005, when he left the Chamber in on sick leave, Janene succeeded in postponing the lawsuit many times by claiming health issues. He also asked for retirement before the vote on the revocation of his mandate but the request was rejected by the Chamber's direction board.On December 6, 2006, the licensed congressman was found not guilty in a Chamber session with very few voters. In a secret ballot, 210 congressmen voted to revoke his mandate, 128 voted against the revocation, 5 voted blank ballots and 23 refused to vote. A minimum of 257 votes for revocation was necessary to revoke Janene's mandate, so Janene escaped condemnation.

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