Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito (born 7 July 1978) more commonly known as Marcos Rogério is a federal senator of

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representing his home state of Rondônia. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2019.

Personal life

Marcos Rogério was born to Samuel Lopes de Brito and Maria Cecilia da Silva. Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a journalist for

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. He is a graduate of

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. Marcos Rogério is an

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, and belongs to the Pentecostal denomination

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Political career

Marcos Rogério voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president

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. He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor

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, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms. In the

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Marcos Rogério was elected to the federal senate with 324,939 votes. He was one of six new Evangelical members elected to the federal senate in that election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogério, Marcos 1978 births Living people People from Ji-Paraná Brazilian Pentecostals Brazilian journalists Brazilian radio personalities Brazil Union politicians Democrats (Brazil) politicians Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rondônia