Márcio Marinho Explained

Márcio Marinho
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:16 December 2008
Constituency:Bahia
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia
Term Start1:1 February 2003
Term End1:1 February 2007
Constituency1:At-large
Birth Name:Márcio Carlos Marinho
Birth Date:12 December 1970
Birth Place:Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party:Republicanos (since 2009)
Profession:Radio host

Márcio Carlos Marinho (born 12 December 1970) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Rio de Janeiro, he has spent his political career representing Bahia, having served as state representative since 2008.[1]

Personal life

Marinho was born to Arindo Carlos Marinho and Izabel Rodrigues Marinho.[1] He grew up in a poor household and two of his brothers drowned when he was 14. Prior to becoming a politician Marinho worked as a communicator and public manager.[1] Marinho identifies as an Afro-Brazilian and as an Evangelical Christian.[2] He is an ordained bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.[3]

Political career

Marinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[4] He would later vote in against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MÁRCIO MARINHO – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 1 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Entrevista com o deputado Márcio Marinho. Revista Raça Brasil. 16 October 2016 . Portuguese. 1 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Comunicação e democracia. Jornal Gran de Bahia. Márcio. Marinho. Portuguese. 31 July 2017. 1 May 2019.
  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.