Cabo Daciolo

Benevenuto Daciolo Fonseca dos Santos (born 30 March 1976), known as Cabo Daciolo (Corporal Daciolo in English), is a Brazilian military firefighter, pastor and politician affiliated to Republicans. In 2014, he was elected federal deputy. He was expelled from the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2015 and later affiliated to the Labour Party of Brazil (later Avante), Patriota, Podemos (PODE), Liberal Party and the Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB).

Daciolo gained notoriety in 2011, when he was one of the leaders of the firefighters' strike in Rio de Janeiro. The strikes occupied the headquarters of the corporation and camped in the staircases of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ). Daciolo was arrested and detained for nine days in the Gericinó Penitentiary Complex. He became nationally known for being candidate on the 2018 Brazilian general election. With 1,348,323 votes (1.26% of the valid votes), he placed 6th. Besides being widely known as Corporal Daciolo, in 2014 he was promoted by Rio de Janeiro Military Firefighters Corps to the rank of 3rd Sergeant, retiring at the end of the year.

Personal life

Benevenuto Daciolo was born in Florianópolis and was married to journalist Cristiane Daciolo, deceased on 29 August 2023 due to complications of a leukemia diagnosed in 2018, whom they had 3 children. Graduated in tourism, Daciolo became known in 2011, when he was one of the leaders of the firefighters' strike in Rio de Janeiro. In the occasion, the strikers occupied the staircase of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. Daciolo was arrested for 9 days at the Bangu I penitentiary. Daciolo attended Bola de Neve Church and later became member of the Assembly of God Evangelical Church.