Bruna Furlan

Bruna Dias Furlan (born 28 April 1983) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. She has spent her political career representing the São Paulo, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]

Not to be confused with Bruno Furlan.
Bruna Furlan
Furlan in August 2015
Federal Deputy for the São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Personal details
Born (1983-04-28) 28 April 1983
Barueri, SP, Brazil
Political partyPSDB

Personal life

Furlan was born to Rubens Furlan and Sonia Dias.[1] Her father is also a politician. Before becoming a politician Furlan worked as a lawyer.[1] Furland is a member of the Christian Congregation in Brazil Pentecostal church.[2] Furlan holds a master's degree from the Universidade Paulista (UNIP),[1] and has post-graduate degrees in city management from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and in executive leadership from Harvard University in the United States.[3]

Political career

At the age of 27, Furlan was the youngest representative elected in the 2010 Brazilian general election at the age of 27.[4] Furlan was the vice-leader of the PSDB in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2016, and has been the leader if the party in the chamber since 2018.[1]

Furlan voted for the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[5] Furlan voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[6] and she would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[7]

References
  1. "BRUNA FURLAN – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. Chagas, Tiago (6 October 2014). "Eleições 2014: confira o desempenho dos principais candidatos evangélicos" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. Victor, Fabio (29 September 2010). "Patricinha de Barueri" (in Portuguese). Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. "Aos 27 anos, Bruna é diplomada como deputada federal: Prefeito de Barurei e pai de Bruna, Rubens Furlan, disse que a filha está preparadíssima?" (in Portuguese). Último Segundo.
  5. "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.
  6. "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 5 June 2019.
  7. "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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