Fábio Fernandes de Sousa

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Fábio Sousa
Federal Deputy for Goiás
Assumed office
1 February 2015
State Deputy for Goiás
In office
2006–2014
Personal details
Born (1982-09-11) 11 September 1982 (age 39)
Goiânia, Brazil
Political partyPSDB
ProfessionPastor, media personality, public relations manager

Fábio Fernandes de Sousa (born 11 September 1982) more commonly known as Fábio Sousa is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Goiás, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life[]

Sousa is the son of Cesar Augusto Machado de Sousa and Rubia Pinheiro Fernandes de Sousa.[1] He is married to physician and pastor Priscila Sousa. A graduate of the Gestão Pública e Teologia, Sousa worked for a time for the evangelical television and radio station Nossa Gente na Fonte TV.[2] Aside from being a pastor, Sousa currently works as a pastor, media personality, and a public relations manager.[1] Sousa and his wife are both bishops of the evangelical church the Igreja Fonte da Vida.[2]

Political career[]

Sousa was first elected to the Goiás state legislative assembly in 2006 with 28,872 votes. In 2010 he was reelected with 37,132 votes.[2] He became president of the Goiás in 2012 when his party, the PSDB, won a majority.[2] That same year he was chosen by his party to run for the federal chamber of deputies in the .[3]

Sousa voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Sousa voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[5] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "FÁBIO SOUSA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "FÁBIO SOUSA – Biografia". Assembileia Legislativa do Goiás (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "PSDB escolhe Fábio Sousa para disputar prefeitura de Goiânia" (in Portuguese). Rede Fonte. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
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