Marcos Rogério (politician) explained

Marcos Rogério
Office:Senator for Rondônia
Term Start:1 February 2019
Office1:Senate DEM Leader
Term Start1:1 February 2021
Predecessor1:Rodrigo Pacheco
Office2:Federal Deputy from Rondônia
Term Start2:1 February 2011
Term End2:1 February 2019
Office3:City Councillor of Ji-Paraná
Term Start3:1 January 2009
Term End3:1 February 2011
Birth Name:Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito
Birth Date:7 July 1978
Birth Place:Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil
Party:UNIÃO (2022–present)
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MARCOS ROGÉRIO – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 8 May 2019.
  2. Web site: É honra ser chamado de conservador, diz Marcos Rogério. Gospel Prime. Portuguese. 16 June 2016. 8 May 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. 8 May 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.
  6. Web site: Marcos Rogério, do DEM, e Confúcio Moura, do MDB, são eleitos senadores por Rondônia. O Globo. 7 October 2018. 8 May 2019. Portuguese.
  7. Web site: De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará. From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará. JM Notícia. Portuguese. 8 October 2018. 1 March 2019.