Márcio Marinho

Márcio Marinho
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2008
ConstituencyBahia
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2007
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Márcio Carlos Marinho

(1970-12-12) 12 December 1970 (age 54)
Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyRepublicanos (since 2009)
Other political
affiliations
  • PL (2001–2006)
  • PR (2006–2009)
ProfessionRadio host

Márcio Carlos Marinho (born 12 December 1970) is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Rio de Janeiro, he has spent his political career representing Bahia, having served as state representative since 2008.[1]

Personal life

Marinho was born to Arindo Carlos Marinho and Izabel Rodrigues Marinho.[1] He grew up in a poor household and two of his brothers drowned when he was 14.[2] Prior to becoming a politician Marinho worked as a communicator and public manager.[1] Marinho identifies as an Afro-Brazilian and as an Evangelical Christian.[2] He is an ordained bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.[3]

Political career

Marinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[4] He would later vote in against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "MÁRCIO MARINHO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Entrevista com o deputado Márcio Marinho". Revista Raça Brasil (in Portuguese). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ^ Marinho, Márcio (31 July 2017). "Comunicação e democracia" (in Portuguese). Jornal Gran de Bahia. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  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. ^ "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.