Rosângela Gomes

Rosângela Gomes
Gomes in October 2015
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2015
State Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2011 – 30 December 2014
Vereador of Nova Iguaçu
In office
2000–2010
Personal details
Born (1966-12-27) 27 December 1966 (age 58)
Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyPRB (2005–)
PL (1985–2005)

Rosângela de Souza Gomes (born 27 December 1966) is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Althair Costa Souza and Sulamite Souza.[1] Gomes is a member of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), and the endorsement by the church's leader Edir Macedo played a big role in her getting elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 election.[2]

Political career

Before being elected to the federal chamber of deputies, Gomes served as a vereador in her hometown of Nova Iguaçu for a decade, as well as serving in the state legislature from 2011 to 2014.[1]

In the aftermath of the 2014 election, Gomes, three other members of the IURD, and two politicians from the Assembleias de Deus church were accused by Rio de Janeiro prosecutors of violating Brazil's campaign laws by campaigning in places of worship. If convicted, the five politicians would have been suspended for eight years, but the charges were dropped.[3]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "ROSANGELA GOMES – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Galdo, Rafael (11 October 2014). "Em caminhada ao lado de deputadas ligadas à Universal, Crivella chama Pezão de 'fraude eleitoral'" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Procuradoria pede a cassa ão de dois deputados recém-eleitos" (in Portuguese). O Dia. 31 December 2014. 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] (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.