Joaquim Passarinho Explained

Joaquim Passarinho
Office:Federal Deputy for Pará
Term Start:1 February 2015
Office1:Secretary of State for Public Works of Pará
Term Start1:2011
Term End1:2014
Office2:State representative for Pará
Term Start2:2003
Term End2:3010
Office3:Secretary of State for Public Works of Pará
Term Start3:2002
Term End3:2003
Office4:City Councilor for Belém
Term Start4:1989
Term End4:2002
Birth Date:2 December 1961
Birth Place:Belém, Pará, Brazil
Party:PSD

Joaquim Passarinho Pinto de Souza Porto (born 2 December 1961) is a Brazilian politician and architect. Born in Belém, he has served in the state council, as well as state representative since 2015 for Pará.[1]

Personal life

Passarinho studied architecture at university. He is a practicing Roman Catholic.[2] He is the nephew of former senator and governor of Pará, Jarbas Passarinho.[3]

Political career

Passarinho served on the city council of Belém, as well as serving in the state senate and having two separate stints of being Secretary of State for Public Works for the state of Pará, prior to being elected federal deputy.[1]

Passarinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[4] He would vote in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5] Passarinho voted in favor of the 2017 Brazil labor reform.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JOAQUIM PASSARINHO – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 27 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Quem são os 18 homens que querem legislar sobre o corpo das mulheres, por João Filho. GGN. 14 November 2017. 27 February 2019. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Joaquim Passarinho presta homenagem a Jarbas Passarinho. PSD na Câmara. 7 June 2017. 27 February 2019. Portuguese.
  4. 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.
  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.