Jony Marcos
Jony Marcos | |
|---|---|
 Jony Marcos in June 2017 | |
| Federal Deputy for Sergipe | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2015 | |
| Vereador of Aracaju | |
| In office 2002–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1970 Ponta Porã, Brazil |
| Political party | PRB |
Jony Marcos de Souza Araujo (born 30 September 1977) more commonly known as Jony Marcos and Pastor Jony is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in Mato Grosso do Sul, he has spent his political career representing Sergipe, having served as state representative since 2015.[1][2]
Personal life[edit]
Jony Marcos was born to João Feliciano Rodrigues de Araújo and Eva de Souza Araújo.[1] Prior to becoming a politician Jony Marcos worked as a radio personality, and he still maintains a radio talk show.[3] He is a pastor of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.[4] He is a member of the evangelical caucus in the legislature.[5]
Political career[edit]
Jony Marcos voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[6] He would later vote in favor of opening a similar corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[7] and voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "JONY MARCOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Jony Marcos: "Governo Temer está matando André Moura"". jlpolitica.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "Jony Marcos" (in Portuguese). PRB. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Deputado Jony Marcos esclarece licenciamento do quadro pastoral da Igreja Universal" [Deputy Jony Marcos clarifies licensing of the pastoral framework of the Universal Church] (in Portuguese). Politica em Foco. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Jony Marcos se reúne com o presidente eleito Bolsonaro em Brasília" [Jony Marcos meets with President-elect Bolsonaro in Brasilia] (in Portuguese). Journal da Cidade. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.