Soraya Santos | |
Office: | Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro |
Term Start: | 1 February 2015 |
Office1: | First Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start1: | 1 February 2019 |
Term End1: | 3 February 2021 |
President1: | Rodrigo Maia |
Predecessor1: | Fernando Giacobo |
Successor1: | Luciano Bivar |
Birth Name: | Soraya Alencar dos Santos |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1958 |
Birth Place: | Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Party: | PL (2018–present) |
Soraya Alencar dos Santos (born 4 December 1958) more commonly known as Soraya Santos is a Brazilian politician as well as being a lawyer. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Santos was born to Alan Guerra de Alencar and Cleyde Maria Guerra de Alencar.[1] Before she became a politician Santos worked as a lawyer.[1] Santos is married to politician Alexandre Santos.[1]
Santos voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] Santos voted against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[3] She voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]