Renata Abreu

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Hellmeister and the second or paternal family name is Abreu.
Renata Abreu
Abreu in October 2015
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2015
President of Podemos
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2017
Personal details
Born
Renata Hellmeister de Abreu

(1982-04-15) 15 April 1982 (age 42)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPODE (2014–present)
SpouseGabriel Melo
Children2
Alma materMackenzie Presbyterian University
Websitewww.renataabreuoficial.com.br

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

  1. ^ a b c "RENATA ABREU – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  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]. O Globo (in Portuguese). 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.
Party political offices
New political party National President of Podemos
2017–present 		Incumbent


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