Marcos Rogério (politician)

Marcos Rogério
Marcos Rogério
	Official portrait as senator
Senator for Rondônia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2019
Senate DEM Leader
	Incumbent
	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 (age 46); Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil
Political party	UNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	PDT (2007–2016); DEM (2016–22);
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]

Personal life

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]

Political career

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MARCOS ROGÉRIO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "É honra ser chamado de conservador, diz Marcos Rogério" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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 8 May 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Marcos Rogério, do DEM, e Confúcio Moura, do MDB, são eleitos senadores por Rondônia" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

Federal Senate
Preceded by Rodrigo Pacheco	Senate DEM Leader 2021–present	Incumbent

[bio-1] "MARCOS ROGÉRIO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[2] "É honra ser chamado de conservador, diz Marcos Rogério" (in Portuguese). Gospel Prime. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[3] "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.

[4] "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 8 May 2019.

[5] "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.

[6] "Marcos Rogério, do DEM, e Confúcio Moura, do MDB, são eleitos senadores por Rondônia" (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[elect-7] "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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