Marcos Rogério | |
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Senator for Rondônia | |
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
Senate DEM Leader | |
Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
Preceded by | Rodrigo Pacheco |
Federal Deputy from Rondônia | |
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019 | |
City Councillor of Ji-Paraná | |
In office 1 January 2009 – 1 February 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito 7 July 1978 Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil |
Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Profession | Journalist, Radio Personality |
Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito (born 7 July 1978) more commonly known as Marcos Rogério is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Rondônia. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2019. [1]
Marcos Rogério was born to Samuel Lopes de Brito and Maria Cecilia da Silva. [1] Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a journalist for Rede Globo. He is a graduate of Universidade Luterana do Brasil. [1] Marcos Rogério is an Evangelical Christian, and belongs to the Pentecostal denomination Assembleias de Deus. [2]
Marcos Rogério voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [3] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, [4] and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms. [5]
In the 2018 Brazilian general election Marcos Rogério was elected to the federal senate with 324,939 votes. [6] He was one of six new Evangelical members elected to the federal senate in that election. [7]