Dorinha Rezende

Dorinha Rezende
Official portrait as senator
Senator for Tocantins
Assumed office
1 February 2023
Federal Deputy for Tocantins
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2023
Personal details
Born
Maria Auxiliadora Seabra Rezende

(1964-10-01) 1 October 1964 (age 60)
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyUNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
DEM (2005–2022)

Maria Auxiliadora Seabra Rezende (born 1 October 1964) better known as Dorinha Rezende or Professora Dorinha is a Brazilian politician and university professor. Although born in Goiás, she has spent her political career representing Tocantins, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011.[1]

Personal life

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Rezende was born to Antônio dos Santos Seabra and Maria Consuêlo Bastos.[1][2] In addition to being a politician, Rezende is also a university professor.[1]

Political career

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Rezende voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Rezende voted against the 2015 tax reforms but in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote against the opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "PROFESSORA DORINHA SEABRA REZENDE – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Maria Auxiliadora Seabra Rezende". professoradorinha.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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]. G1 Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  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.