Áureo Lídio Moreira Ribeiro (born 17 February 1979) often simply known as Áureo is a Brazilian politician and a businessman. Born in

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, he has served as a state representative since 2015.

Personal life

Áureo is married to Aline and has two children: Gabriel and Alice. He is a member of the

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Political career

Áureo has been the head of the

Solidariedade Solidarity (, (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Solidariedade'') is a Brazilian social-democratic political party that uses the TSE number 77. The party elected 13 deputies and one senator in the 2018 Brazilian general election. In the 2022 Brazilian ge ...

party in the Brazilian chamber of deputies since September 2017. Áureo voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president

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. Áureo opposed the

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, and would later also vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

and a similar impeachment motion.

References

1979 births Living people People from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Solidariedade politicians Brazilian Methodists Brazilian businesspeople Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Brazil-politician-stub