Fábio Sousa
Brazilian politician
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Fábio Fernandes de Sousa (born 11 September 1982) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Goiás, having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Fábio Sousa | |
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Sousa in 2018 | |
| Federal Deputy for Goiás | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2015 | |
| State Deputy for Goiás | |
| In office 2006–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1982 |
| Party | PSDB |
| Profession | Pastor, 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]