Soraya Santos

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]

Soraya Santos
Santos in 2016
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2015
Personal details
Born (1958-12-04) 4 December 1958
Macaé, RJ, Brazil
Political partyPR (2018–)
PMDB (2005–2018)
PSDB (1988–2005)
PDT (1980–1988)

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]

References

  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.
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