Valmir Assunção

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Valmir Assunção
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Assunção in October 2009
Federal Deputy for Bahia
Assumed office
1 February 2011
State Deputy for Bahia
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 December 2010
Secretary of Bahia division of Landless Workers' Movement
In office
2007–2010
Personal details
Born (1964-12-17) 17 December 1964 (age 57)
Itamaraju, Bahia, Brazil
Political partyPT

Valmir Carlos da Assunção (born 17 December 1964) more commonly known as Valmir Assunção is a Brazilian politician and farmer. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]

Personal life[]

He is the child of Ionério Carlos da Assunção and Rosa Francisco Dias Assunção.[1] Assunção is married to Fabya Reis.[2] Before becoming a politician Assunção worked as an agriculturalists.[1] He has been affiliated with the Landless Workers' Movement since 1990.[1]

Political career[]

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

During the impeachment proceedings against Rousseff, Assunção got in a heated argument with about Eduardo Cunha's proposal of a secret ballot to see if the impeachment motion should proceed. Assunção and Bessa started shouting loudly at each other which quickly turned to pushing and shoving with soon escalated with other members of parliament involved. Assunção and Bessa were ultimately disciplined and not allowed to attend the rest of the hearing, although they were ultimately allowed to vote in proceeding.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "VALMIR ASSUNÇÃO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Mulher de deputado critica passagens para 'dondocas' de Brasília". Redação Bocão News (in Portuguese). BNews. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 20 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 20 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. ^ Cagni, Patrícia (29 June 2016). "Câmara aprova advertência contra Laerte Bessa e Valmir Assunção" (in Portuguese). Congresso em Foco. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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