Mário Sílvio Mendes Negromonte Júnior (born 31 August 1980) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

, having served in the state legislature from 2011 to 2015 and as a federal deputy representative since 2015.

Personal life

Negromonte Jr. comes from a political family, he is the son of

Mário Negromonte Mário Sílvio Mendes Negromonte (born 6 July 1950) is a Brazilian who has served as minister of cities under the Rousself administration and a member of the chamber of deputies from Bahia. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political ...

and Vilma Negromonte. His father, mother, and uncle are also politicians. He is an alumnus of the Jorge Amado University. He is married to Camila Vasquez. Prior to becoming a politician Negromonte Jr. was a lawyer.

Political career

Negromonte Jr. abstained from the impeachment motion of then-president

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. Arruda voted in favor of tax reform spending and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and voted against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor

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1980 births Living people People from Bahia 21st-century Brazilian lawyers Progressistas politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Bahia Members of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia People from Paulo Afonso 21st-century Brazilian politicians {{Brazil-Deputy-stub