Altineu Côrtes Explained

Altineu Côrtes
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:1 February 2015
Constituency:Rio de Janeiro
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro
Term Start1:1 February 2003
Term End1:1 February 2015
Constituency1:At-large
Office2:State Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of Rio de Janeiro
Term Start2:26 December 2019
Term End2:8 October 2020
Office3:State Secretary of Childhood and Youth of Rio de Janeiro
Term Start3:2 January 2004
Term End3:25 August 2005
Governor3:Rosinha Garotinho
Birth Name:Altineu Côrtes Freitas Coutinho
Birth Date:13 September 1968
Birth Place:Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party:PL (since 2018)
Occupation:Politician and entrepreneur

Altineu Côrtes Freitas Coutinho (born 13 September 1968), better known as simply Altineu Côrtes, is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He has represented Rio de Janeiro in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies since 2015.[1] Before that he was a member of the state legislature of Rio de Janeiro.

Personal life

Côrtes was born to Altineu Pires Coutinho and Angela Maria Freitas.[1] He is a member of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ALTINEU CÔRTES – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 30 June 2019.
  2. Web site: COAF – Saiba quem foram os deputados evangélicos que votaram contra Moro; confira. JM Notícia. Portuguese. 23 May 2019. 30 June 2019.
  3. News: Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 27 April 2017. 18 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer. 2 August 2017. 30 June 2019. Portuguese. O Globo. See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer.
  5. News: Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer. 9 April 2012. dead. Carta Capital. Portuguese. 4 August 2017. 18 September 2017.