Soraya Santos

• PDT (1980–88)
• PSDB (1988–2005)
• MDB (2005–18)

Soraya Santos
Santos in 2019
Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2015

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]

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 9 April 2012. 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 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Fernando Giacobo	First Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies 2019–21	Succeeded by Luciano Bivar