Soraya Santos

Soraya Santos
Soraya Santos
	Santos in 2016
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2015
Personal details
Born	4 December 1958; Macaé, RJ, Brazil
Political party	PR (2018–); PMDB (2005–2018); PSDB (1988–2005); PDT (1980–1988)

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]

Personal life

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]

Political career

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]

gollark: Banning alcohol was tried and failed because of that. Banning weed... happened, seemingly hasn't prevented people getting/using it anyway (but resulted in loads of people pointlessly going to prison), and is beginning to be reverted.

gollark: Well, yes. I don't think it's a good reason, but I think it's *why*.

gollark: It's not a justification. It's a reason.

gollark: Because alcohol is easier to make (I think) and more ingrained in our culture.

gollark: ... no.

References

"SORAYA SANTOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
"Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
"Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
"Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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[bio-1] "SORAYA SANTOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[2] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[3] "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[4] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.