Paulo Abi-Ackel

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Paulo Abi-Ackel
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2007
Relatives Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (father)
ProfessionLawyer

Paulo Abi-Ackel (born 21 June 1963) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Minas Gerais, having served as state representative since 2006. [1]

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Personal life

He is the son of Ibrahim Abi-Ackel and Jacéa Cahú Abi-Ackel. [1] His father Ibrahim is also a politician, who has served in both the state and national legislature. [2] Before becoming a politician he worked as a lawyer. [1]

Political career

Abi-Ackel voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [3] Abi-Ackel voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, [4] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. [5]

Abi-Ackel was one of Temer's strongest defenders from his party, drafting a proposal defending the then-president from corruption allegations. [2] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PAULO ABI-ACKEL – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Quem é Paulo Abi-Ackel, autor do parecer sobre a denúncia contra Temer que irá ao plenário da Câmara" (in Portuguese). Gauchazh – Política. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 26 June 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 26 June 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. ↑ "Com 41 votos favoráveis, CCJ aprova novo relatório favorável a Temer" [With 41 favorable votes, CCJ approves new favorable report to Temer]. Estadão Conteúdo (in Portuguese). ISTOÉ Independente. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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