Marcos Rogério (politician)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Brito.
Marcos Rogério
Official portrait as senator
Senator for Rondônia
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Senate DEM Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2021
Preceded byRodrigo Pacheco
Federal Deputy from Rondônia
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
City Councillor of Ji-Paraná
In office
1 January 2009 – 1 February 2011
Personal details
Born
Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito

(1978-07-07) 7 July 1978 (age 46)
Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil
Political partyUNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PDT (2007–2016)
  • DEM (2016–22)
ProfessionJournalist, Radio Personality

Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito (born 7 July 1978) more commonly known as Marcos Rogério is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Rondônia. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2019.[1]

Personal life

Marcos Rogério was born to Samuel Lopes de Brito and Maria Cecilia da Silva.[1] Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a journalist for Rede Globo. He is a graduate of Universidade Luterana do Brasil.[1] Marcos Rogério is an Evangelical Christian, and belongs to the Pentecostal denomination Assembleias de Deus.[2]

Political career

Marcos Rogério voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[4] and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

In the 2018 Brazilian general election Marcos Rogério was elected to the federal senate with 324,939 votes.[6] He was one of six new Evangelical members elected to the federal senate in that election.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "MARCOS ROGÉRIO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ "É honra ser chamado de conservador, diz Marcos Rogério" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Marcos Rogério, do DEM, e Confúcio Moura, do MDB, são eleitos senadores por Rondônia" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ^ "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
Federal Senate
Preceded by Senate DEM Leader
2021–present 		Incumbent