| Augusto Coutinho | |
| Office: | Federal Deputy for Pernambuco |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2011 |
| Office1: | State representative for Pernambuco |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End1: | 31 December 2010 |
| Office2: | Vereador of Recife |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 1992 |
| Term End2: | 31 December 1998 |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Party: | SD (2013–) DEM (2007–2013) PFL (1986–2007) |
Augusto Rodrigues Coutinho de Melo (born 22 October 1962) more commonly known as Augusto Coutinho is a Brazilian politician as well as a civil engineer. He has spent his political career representing Pernambuco, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]
Coutinho was born to Henoch Coutinho de Melo and Carmen Rodrigues Coutinho de Melo. Before entering politics Coutinho worked as a civil engineer.[1]
Coutinho voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] He would later vote against opening a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[3] and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]
In January 2019 Coutinho was appointed leader of the Solidariedade party in the Brazilian legislature.[5] [6]