Cléber Verde

Cléber Verde
Cléber Verde
	Verde in 2007
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2007
Constituency	Maranhão
City Councillor of Maranhão
	In office; 1 January 2001 – 1 February 2007
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes; 10 May 1972 (age 51); Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil
Political party	MDB (since 2023)
Other political; affiliations	PT (1989–1995); PV (1995–1997); PST (1997–1998); PAN (1998–2007); PTB (2007); Republicanos (2007–2023);
Profession	Lawyer, writer, teacher

Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes (born 10 May 1972) more commonly known as Cléber Verde is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Maranhão, having served as state representative since 2007.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Verde is the son of Jesuino Cordeiro Mendes and Maria da Graça Cordeiro Mendes.^[1] Aside from being a politician Verde has worked as a college professor, lawyer, writer, and civil servant.^[1] Verde is a member of the Assembleias de Deus, one of the few members of the church in the IURD dominated republican party.^[2]

Political career[edit]

After having represented mostly left-wing parties throughout his political career, Verde joined the religious right-wing Brazilian Republican Party in 2007.^[2]

Verde voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[3] Verde voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[4] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "CLEBER VERDE – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Igreja Universal 'concentra' seus deputados no PRB" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[bio-1] "CLEBER VERDE – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[prb-2] "Igreja Universal 'concentra' seus deputados no PRB" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[3] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[4] "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[5] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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