Soraya Santos

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Soraya Santos
Santos in 2019
Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2015
First Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2019 – 3 February 2021
PresidentRodrigo Maia
Preceded byFernando Giacobo
Succeeded byLuciano Bivar
Personal details
Born
Soraya Alencar dos Santos

(1958-12-04) 4 December 1958 (age 65)
Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyPL (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PDT (1980–88)
  • PSDB (1988–2005)
  • MDB (2005–18)

Soraya Alencar dos Santos (born 4 December 1958) more commonly known as Soraya Santos is a Brazilian politician as well as being a lawyer. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Santos was born to Alan Guerra de Alencar and Cleyde Maria Guerra de Alencar.[1] Before she became a politician Santos worked as a lawyer.[1] Santos is married to politician Alexandre Santos.[1]

Political career[edit]

Santos voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] Santos voted against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[3] She voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "SORAYA SANTOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "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.
Political offices
Preceded by
Fernando Giacobo
First Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies
2019–21
Succeeded by