Zenaide Maia Calado Pereira dos Santos (born 27 November 1954), better known as Zenaide Maia, is a Brazilian politician and doctor. Although born in

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, she has spent her political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, currently serving as a Senator. She previously served in the Chamber of Deputies, from 2015 to 2019, and as secretary of health in São Gonçalo do Amarante from 1991 to 1992 and from 2009 to 2011.

Personal life

Maia is the daughter of João Gonçalves Maia and Anunciada Cecilia da Silva. She is married to Jaime Calado, who from 2009 to 2016 was the mayor of São Gonçalo do Amarante.

Political career

Maia voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. She opposed the

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, and voted in favor of opening a corruption investigation on Rousseff's successor, Michel Temer. In the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held ...

, Maia was elected to the Federal Senate with 660,315 votes, along with

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, to represent the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

References

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