Zequinha Marinho

Zequinha Marinho
Zequinha Marinho
	Marinho in 2011
Senator for Pará
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2019
Vice-Governor of Pará
	In office; 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2018
Governor	Simão Jatene
Preceded by	Helenilson Pontes
Succeeded by	Lúcio Vale
Federal deputy from Pará
	In office; 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2015
State deputy from Pará
	In office; 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2003
Personal details
Born	José da Cruz Marinho; September 18, 1959; Araguacema, Tocantins, Brazil
Political party	PSC (2009–); MDB (2005–2009); PSC (2002–2005)
Spouse(s)	Júlia Marinho
Profession	Pedagogist, Accounting technician, Pastor

José da Cruz Marinho (born 18 September 1959) more commonly known as Zequinha Marinho is a Brazilian politician, as well as a pedagogist, accounting technician, and pastor. Although born in Tocantins, he has spent his political career representing Pará, having served as federal deputy from 2003 to 2015 and federal senator since 2019.[1]

Personal life

Marinho graduated from Universidade do Estado do Pará and has worked is a pedagogist and an accounting technician prior to entering politics.[1] He is married to Júlia Marinho, who herself is a politician.[2] Marinho is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[3]

Political career

Marinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Marinho voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion.[5]

In the 2018 election Marinho was one of 6 new evangelical politicians elected to the federal senate.[3]

References

"ZEQUINHA MARINHO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Experiência a serviço do povo: conheça o senador Zequinha Marinho (PSC/PA)" (in Portuguese). PSC. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
"De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 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.
"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.

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[bio-1] "ZEQUINHA MARINHO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[2] "Experiência a serviço do povo: conheça o senador Zequinha Marinho (PSC/PA)" (in Portuguese). PSC. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[elect-3] "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

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