Fábio Salustino Mesquita de Faria (born 1 September 1977) is a Brazilian politician, current Minister of Communications of

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. Member of the

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(PSD), Faria is

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representing the state of

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. He is son of Robinson Faria, former Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, and married to TV presenter Patricia Abravanel.

Political career

With a political base in his home state, rose to the National Congress before turning 30-years-old. He was elect in 2006 for his first term as Federal Deputy, with 195,148 votes, which represented 12.02% of the valid votes for this position, being the most votes of the 8 representatives of the state. Fábio Faria lead his party caucus between February and September 2008, period when he was Vice-Leader of the joint bloc composed by

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(PSB), Democratic Labour Party (PDT),

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(PCdoB),

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(PMN) and

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(PRB). In 2013, he was elect 2nd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, house which he presided temporarily for 13 days.

Minister of Communications

On 10 June 2020, President

announced, through his social media, the recreation of the

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and nominated Fábio Faria as the new head of the office.

Personal life

Graduated in Company Administration for the Potiguar University (UnP), he is son of Robinson Faria, former Governor, and Maria Nina Salustino. Fábio is married to TV presenter Patricia Abravanel, whom he had three children: Pedro, Jane and Senor, name giving as a tribute to his famous father-in-law,

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(Senor Abravanel). Before his marriage, Faria dated actress Priscila Fantin, TV presenter

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, and model, TV presenter and former

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housemate

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Controversies

In 2009, during the "Air tickets scandal", Faria refunded R$ 21,000 to the Chamber of Deputies, as he used it as part of his parliamentary quota of air tickets he had the right to use to gift his then girlfriend Adriane Galisteu, her mother Emma Galisteu, and the artists

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, Sthefany Brito,

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, Maiz Oliveira (niece of Luma de Oliveira), singer Fabio Mondega, stylist Yan Acioli, jeweler Roseli Duque and Galisteu's press secretary Nelson Sacho between 2007 and 2008. Other artists like Priscila Fantim (Faria's former girlfriend),

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and

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had their tickets issued, but they were cancelled before being used. Until the scandal reveal, the "benefited" people were not aware that their expenses were being paid by the Chamber of Deputies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faria, Fábio (politician) 1977 births Living people People from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Progressistas politicians Government ministers of Brazil