Paulo Azi
Paulo Azi | |
|---|---|
 Azi in January 2019 | |
| Federal Deputy for Bahia | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2014 | |
| State Deputy for Bahia | |
| In office 1 February 2003 – 31 December 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1963 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Political party | PFL (1994–2007) DEM (2007–) |
Paulo Velloso Dantas Az (born 14 January 1963) more commonly known as Paulo Azi is a Brazilian politician as well as a civil engineer and businessman. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of Jairo Azi and Julieta Velloso Dantas Azi.[1] He holds a degree in civil engineering from the Federal University of Bahia, graduating in 1986. He earned his postgraduate degree in 1991 from the Catholic University of Salvador.[1]
Political career
[edit]Pereira voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] Pereira voted for the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[3] and would vote against the opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[4]
As a member of the champer of deputies, Azi has campaigned to legalize gambling, arguing that it would help raise tax revenue.[5] He is politically conservative and seen as an ally of Jair Bolsonaro.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "PAULO AZI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "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 6 August 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.
- ^ "Brasil: Paulo Azi busca legalizar los casinos con una tasa impositiva más alta". yogonet.com (in Spanish). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Vice-líder de Bolsonaro, Paulo Azi chama fala de ministro de "inconsequente"" (in Portuguese). Ação Popular. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.