Current Position & Biography
Rubens Pereira Júnior is a Brazilian federal deputy for Maranhão, representing the Workers’ Party (PT) in the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber lists him as a serving member for the 2023–2027 term and a government vice-leader since March 2023. His current committee work includes the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee and the Special Committee on Digital Law (Source 1).
A lawyer by profession, Pereira Júnior first took office as a federal deputy in February 2015. His official biography records earlier service in Maranhão’s state legislature and a master’s degree in constitutional law at the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público. His civil name is Rubens Pereira e Silva Junior (Source 2).
Notable Contributions
Pereira Júnior introduced Complementary Bill PLP 44/2026 on 4 March 2026. The proposal sets out a federal legal regime for virtual assets and amendments to laws governing banking, securities supervision, federal tax administration and anti-money-laundering oversight. As checked on 7 November 2026, the Chamber’s tracking page lists it as awaiting a referral decision by the president of the Chamber. The displayed legislative history records its introduction, with no subsequent decision shown (Source 3).
The draft covers payment tokens, stablecoins, investment tokens and tokenized real-world assets. It would allocate authorization and supervision according to activity: payment-related services and specified custody functions to Banco Central do Brasil, and securities-token activities to the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários. It also proposes asset segregation, custody safeguards, cybersecurity controls, disclosures, suspicious-transaction reporting and a regulatory sandbox (Source 4, articles 2, 8, 12–27).
These provisions describe the bill as submitted. They are not enacted requirements created by Pereira Júnior, and this profile does not attribute existing Brazilian crypto regulation to him. Future amendments, committee decisions and implementation would need separate verification.
Why Katharos Is Following Them
Katharos follows Pereira Júnior for this specific legislative proposal and its treatment of the responsibilities of crypto service providers. The text brings several practical questions into one file: which authority supervises an activity, how customer assets are protected and what information providers must disclose. Its introduction provides a documented reason to follow his contribution to Brazil’s digital-asset policy debate, without implying that he administers financial regulation or that his proposal has become law.
Areas to Follow
- Referral, committee consideration and amendments to PLP 44/2026. - Proposed divisions of responsibility among financial and fiscal authorities. - Legislative approaches to customer-asset segregation, custody and operational resilience.
Reporting Scope
This profile covers verified public-office records and a pending legislative proposal. It does not characterize Pereira Júnior as a crypto founder, industry executive or author of an enacted crypto framework. Inclusion is an editorial decision, not an endorsement of his party or policies.
Katharos Category
Policy & Regulation
Photo Credit
Geraldo Magela/Agência Senado, “CPMI - 8 de Janeiro - Comissão Parlamentar Mista de Inquérito dos Atos de 8 de Janeiro de 2023,” photographed on 8 August 2023 (Source 5). Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (Source 6). Cropped and resized for the hero and centered card. The source caption individually identifies Pereira Júnior. This is an archival parliamentary-hearing photograph, not a current official portrait. No endorsement is implied.
Source review date: 7 November 2026.