Jony Marcos

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]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Souza and the second or paternal family name is Araujo.
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 (1970-09-30) 30 September 1970
Ponta Porã, Brazil
Political partyPRB

Personal life

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

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
  1. "JONY MARCOS – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. "Jony Marcos: "Governo Temer está matando André Moura"". jlpolitica.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. "Jony Marcos" (in Portuguese). PRB. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. "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.
  8. "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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