Joaquim Passarinho Pinto de Souza Porto (born 2 December 1961) is a Brazilian politician and architect. Born in

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, he has served in the state council, as well as state representative since 2015 for

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Personal life

Passarinho studied architecture at university. He is a practicing

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. He is the nephew of former senator and governor of Pará,

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Political career

Passarinho served on the city council of Belém, as well as serving in the state senate and having two separate stints of being Secretary of State for Public Works for the state of Pará, prior to being elected federal deputy. Passarinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president

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and political reformation. He would vote in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

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. Passarinho voted in favor of the 2017 Brazil labor reform.

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1961 births Living people People from Belém Brazilian Roman Catholics Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Pará Members of the Legislative Assembly of Pará Brazilian architects {{Brazil-politician-stub