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]
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 | |
| President | Rodrigo Maia |
| Preceded by | Fernando Giacobo |
| Succeeded by | Luciano Bivar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Soraya Alencar dos Santos 4 December 1958 Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | PL (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
Personal life
editSantos 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
editSantos 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- ^ a b c d "SORAYA SANTOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 May 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 5 May 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.
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