Alice Portugal

Alice Mazzuco Portugal (born May 16, 1959) is a Brazilian biochemical pharmacist and politician.

Alice Portugal
Alice Mazzuco Portugal
Federal deputy for Bahia
In office
February 1st, 2003- present (four consecutive terms)
State deputy for Bahia
In office
February 1st 1995- 31 January 2003 (two consecutive terms)
Personal details
Born (1959-05-16) May 16, 1959
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Political partyCommunist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)
Alma materFederal University of Bahia
ProfessionBiochemist, pharmacist

Born in Salvador, she was active in the student movement and technical workers' unions at the Federal University of Bahia, where she graduated in pharmacy-biochemistry in 1981.[1] Portugal is affiliated to the Communist Party of Brazil since 1979; she was elected state representative of Bahia from 1995 to 2003, when she was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies, having been reelected in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Political career

In April 2017 she voted against the labor reform.[2] In August of the same year, she voted for a corruption investigation of the then President Michel Temer.[3]

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gollark: TJ09 works in mysterious ways.
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gollark: Anyway, *person with a scroll name*, *I didn't give it to them*.
gollark: They seem to have deleted some of the messages they sent in it, unfortunately.

References
  1. http://www2.camara.gov.br/deputados/pesquisa/layouts_deputados_biografia?pk=107809
  2. Redação (April 27, 2017). "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados".
  3. Carta Capital (August 3, 2017). "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer".
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