Rodrigo Otavio Soares Pacheco (born 3 November 1976) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer, serving as the President of the Federal Senate and of the National Congress of Brazil. Although born in

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, he has spent his political career representing

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, having served as senator since 2019. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2015 to 2019.

Personal life

Pacheco was born to Helio Cota Pacheco and Marta Maria Soares. Prior to becoming a politician Pacheco worked as a lawyer, with emphasis of criminal justice prosecution.

Political career

Pacheco voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president

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, and he would abstain in a vote for a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

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. He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms. On 22 October 2021, Pacheco announced affiliation to

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as presidential pre-candidate to

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References

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