Bruna Furlan

Bruna Dias Furlan (born 28 April 1983) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. She has spent her political career representing the São Paulo, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]

Not to be confused with Bruno Furlan.
Bruna Furlan
Furlan in August 2015
Federal Deputy for the São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Personal details
Born (1983-04-28) 28 April 1983
Barueri, SP, Brazil
Political partyPSDB

Personal life

Furlan was born to Rubens Furlan and Sonia Dias.[1] Her father is also a politician. Before becoming a politician Furlan worked as a lawyer.[1] Furland is a member of the Christian Congregation in Brazil Pentecostal church.[2] Furlan holds a master's degree from the Universidade Paulista (UNIP),[1] and has post-graduate degrees in city management from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and in executive leadership from Harvard University in the United States.[3]

Political career

At the age of 27, Furlan was the youngest representative elected in the 2010 Brazilian general election at the age of 27.[4] Furlan was the vice-leader of the PSDB in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2016, and has been the leader if the party in the chamber since 2018.[1]

Furlan voted for the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[5] Furlan voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[6] and she would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[7]

References
  1. "BRUNA FURLAN – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. Chagas, Tiago (6 October 2014). "Eleições 2014: confira o desempenho dos principais candidatos evangélicos" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. Victor, Fabio (29 September 2010). "Patricinha de Barueri" (in Portuguese). Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. "Aos 27 anos, Bruna é diplomada como deputada federal: Prefeito de Barurei e pai de Bruna, Rubens Furlan, disse que a filha está preparadíssima?" (in Portuguese). Último Segundo.
  5. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. "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 June 2019.
  7. "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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