Fábio Fernandes de Sousa

Fábio Fernandes de Sousa (born 11 September 1982) more commonly known as Fábio Sousa is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Goiás, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Fábio Sousa
Federal Deputy for Goiás
Assumed office
1 February 2015
State Deputy for Goiás
In office
2006–2014
Personal details
Born (1982-09-11) 11 September 1982
Goiânia, Brazil
Political partyPSDB
Professionpastor, media personality, public relations manager

Personal life

Sousa is the son of Cesar Augusto Machado de Sousa and Rubia Pinheiro Fernandes de Sousa.[1] He is married to physician and pastor Priscila Sousa. A graduate of the Gestão Pública e Teologia, Sousa worked for a time for the evangelical television and radio station Nossa Gente na Fonte TV.[2] Aside from being a pastor, Sousa currently works as a pastor, media personality, and a public relations manager.[1] Sousa and his wife are both bishops of the evangelical church the Igreja Fonte da Vida.[2]

Political career

Sousa was first elected to the Goiás state legislative assembly in 2006 with 28,872 votes. In 2010 he was reelected with 37,132 votes.[2] He became president of the Goiás in 2012 when his party, the PSDB, won a majority.[2] That same year he was chosen by his party to run for the federal chamber of deputies in the .[3]

Sousa voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Sousa 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. "FÁBIO SOUSA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "FÁBIO SOUSA – Biografia". Assembileia Legislativa do Goiás (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "PSDB escolhe Fábio Sousa para disputar prefeitura de Goiânia" (in Portuguese). Rede Fonte. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  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.
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