Marcos Rogério | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait as senator | |
| Senator for Rondônia | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Senate DEM Leader | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Pacheco |
| Federal Deputy from Rondônia | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019 | |
| City Councillor of Ji-Paraná | |
| In office 1 January 2009 – 1 February 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito 7 July 1978 Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil |
| Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Profession | Journalist, Radio Personality |
Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito (born 7 July 1978) more commonly known as Marcos Rogério is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Rondônia. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2019.[1]
Personal life
Marcos Rogério was born to Samuel Lopes de Brito and Maria Cecilia da Silva.[1] Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a journalist for Rede Globo. He is a graduate of Universidade Luterana do Brasil.[1] Marcos Rogério is an Evangelical Christian, and belongs to the Pentecostal denomination Assembleias de Deus.[2]
Political career
Marcos Rogério voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[4] and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]
In the 2018 Brazilian general election Marcos Rogério was elected to the federal senate with 324,939 votes.[6] He was one of six new Evangelical members elected to the federal senate in that election.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "MARCOS ROGÉRIO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "É honra ser chamado de conservador, diz Marcos Rogério" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 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 8 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.
- ^ "Marcos Rogério, do DEM, e Confúcio Moura, do MDB, são eleitos senadores por Rondônia" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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