Maria Victoria Borghetti Barros (born 1 February 1992) is a Brazilian politician and businesswoman. She has spent her political career representing Paraná, having served as a representative in the state legislature since 2019.

Personal life

Coming from a political family, Barros is the daughter of Ricardo Barros, a government minister, state deputy, and former mayor of

Maringá Maringá () is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 764,906 in the metropolitan area (IBGE 2013). ...

, while her mother

Cida Borghetti Maria Aparecida Borghetti, commonly known as Cida Borghetti is a Brazilian public administrator, businesswoman and politician, serving as governor of the state of Paraná from 6 April 2018 until 1 January 2019, being the first woman to hold thi ...

is the governor of Paraná. At her wedding in 2017, Barros had to be shielded from egg-throwing leftist protesters, who were disgruntled with Barros and her parents' strong support of the

Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousse ...

Political career

Barros was elected with about 44,870 votes to the

Legislative Assembly of Paraná The Legislative Assembly of Paraná ( pt, Assembleia Legislativa do Paraná) is the unicameral legislature of Paraná (state), Paraná state in Brazil. It has 54 state deputy, state deputies elected by proportional representation. The Assembly ...

in 2014. She took office on her 23rd birthday. She was re-elected to her post in the 2018 elections.

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