Bruna Furlan | |
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Federal Deputy for the São Paulo | |
Assumed office 1 February 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Barueri, SP, Brazil | 28 April 1983
Political party | PSDB |
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]
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]
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]