Rosângela Gomes Explained

Rosângela Gomes
Office:Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Term Start:1 February 2015
Office1:State Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Term Start1:1 February 2011
Term End1:30 December 2014
Office2:Vereador of Nova Iguaçu
Term Start2:2000
Term End2:2010
Birth Date:27 December 1966
Birth Place:Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Party:PRB (2005–)
PL (1985–2005)

Rosângela de Souza Gomes (born 27 December 1966) is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Althair Costa Souza and Sulamite Souza.[1] Gomes is a member of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), and the endorsement by the church's leader Edir Macedo played a big role in her getting elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 election.[2]

Political career

Before being elected to the federal chamber of deputies, Gomes served as a vereador in her hometown of Nova Iguaçu for a decade, as well as serving in the state legislature from 2011 to 2014.[1]

In the aftermath of the 2014 election, Gomes, three other members of the IURD, and two politicians from the Assembleias de Deus church were accused by Rio de Janeiro prosecutors of violating Brazil's campaign laws by campaigning in places of worship. If convicted, the five politicians would have been suspended for eight years, but the charges were dropped.[3]

Gomes voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Gomes voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[5] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ROSANGELA GOMES – Biografia. Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Portuguese. 17 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Em caminhada ao lado de deputadas ligadas à Universal, Crivella chama Pezão de 'fraude eleitoral'. O Globo. Rafael . Galdo. 11 October 2014. 17 March 2019. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Procuradoria pede a cassa ão de dois deputados recém-eleitos. O Dia. 31 December 2014. 17 March 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. Web site: Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer. 2 August 2017. 11 March 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.
  6. 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.