Renata Abreu | |
|---|---|
 Abreu in October 2015 | |
| Federal Deputy from São Paulo | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2015 | |
| President of Podemos | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Renata Hellmeister de Abreu 15 April 1982 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | PODE (2014–present) |
| Spouse | Gabriel Melo |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Mackenzie Presbyterian University |
| Website |
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Renata Hellmeister de Abreu (born 15 April 1982) is a Brazilian politician. She is a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo and president of the political party Podemos. [1]
Personal life
Abreu is the daughter of the founder of the Podemos party José Masci de Abreu and niece of the co-founder Dorival de Abreu. [1] Her mother is Cristina Hellmeister de Abreu, and she is married to Gabriel Melo and has two children. Abreu is an alumna of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University. [1]
Political career
Since her time as president of Podemos, Abreu has been successful in persuading other politicians to join her party. Only 8 politicians from the Podemos party were elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 election, but in April 2018 Abrue managed to persuade a further 14 politicians to switch parties, boosting the number of Podemos in the legislature to 22. [2] [3]
Abreu voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [4] Abreu 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
- ^ a b c "RENATA ABREU – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Peron, Isadora (2 April 2018). "'Janeleira', Renata Abreu filiou 14 parlamentares ao Podemos". O Estado do São Paulo (in Portuguese). Politica. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Lima, Gustavo (2 April 2018). "Liderado por Renata Abreu, Podemos já filiou 14 parlamentares durante janela". O Estadão contenúdo (in Portuguese). Jornal do Comércio. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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]. O Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "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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