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 21 February 2019. 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 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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