Lincoln Portela

Lincoln Dinz Portela (born 3 November 1953) is a Brazilian politician, television and radio personality as well as an evangelical pastor. He has spent his political career representing Minas Gerais, having served as state representative since 1999.[1]

Lincoln Portela
Portela in 2011
Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
Assumed office
1 February 1999
Personal details
Born (1953-11-03) 3 November 1953
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyPRB (2007–)
Professionradio & television personality, pastor

Personal life

Portela worked for three years on the Record TV Network from 1996 to 1998 appearing on the program Record News. As a radio broadcaster he has run the "Espaço Aberto" program on 88.7 FM broadcast in Belo Horizonte.[2] In addition Portela is an evangelical pastor of the Solidarity Baptist Church (Igreja Batista Solidária).[2]

Political career

During his early political career Portela was affiliated with and/or received endorsements from the PST, PSL, and PL; in 2007 Portela formally joined the Brazilian Republican Party or PRB.[1]

Although homeschooling has been prohibited in Brazil since the 1990s, in 2013 Portela proposed a bill that would legalize homeschooling if parents followed educational guidelines approved by the state.[3] The bill was ultimately rejected, with Brazilian Supreme Court ruling for the second time that homeschooling was illegal in 2018.[4]

Portela voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.[5] Portela voted against the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later vote for a corruption investigation in Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]

References
  1. "Lincoln Portela". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. "LINCOLN PORTELA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. "Audiência discute projeto que autoriza o ensino domiciliar no Brasil". www2.camara.leg.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. "Brazilian Supreme Court Outlaws Homeschooling". Folha de S.Paulo. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "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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