Cléber Verde | |
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Verde in 2007 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 February 2007 | |
Constituency | Maranhão |
City Councillor of Maranhão | |
In office 1 January 2001 – 1 February 2007 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes 10 May 1972 Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil |
Political party | MDB (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | |
Profession | Lawyer, writer, teacher |
Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes (born 10 May 1972), more commonly known as Cléber Verde, is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Maranhão, having served as state representative since 2007. [1]
Verde is the son of Jesuino Cordeiro Mendes and Maria da Graça Cordeiro Mendes. [1] Aside from being a politician Verde has worked as a college professor, lawyer, writer, and civil servant. [1] Verde is a member of the Assembleias de Deus, one of the few members of the church in the IURD dominated republican party. [2]
After having represented mostly left-wing parties throughout his political career, Verde joined the religious right-wing Brazilian Republican Party in 2007. [2]
Verde voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [3] Verde voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, [4] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. [5]
Cléber Verde | |
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Verde in 2007 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 1 February 2007 | |
Constituency | Maranhão |
City Councillor of Maranhão | |
In office 1 January 2001 – 1 February 2007 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes 10 May 1972 Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil |
Political party | MDB (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | |
Profession | Lawyer, writer, teacher |
Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes (born 10 May 1972), more commonly known as Cléber Verde, is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing Maranhão, having served as state representative since 2007. [1]
Verde is the son of Jesuino Cordeiro Mendes and Maria da Graça Cordeiro Mendes. [1] Aside from being a politician Verde has worked as a college professor, lawyer, writer, and civil servant. [1] Verde is a member of the Assembleias de Deus, one of the few members of the church in the IURD dominated republican party. [2]
After having represented mostly left-wing parties throughout his political career, Verde joined the religious right-wing Brazilian Republican Party in 2007. [2]
Verde voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff. [3] Verde voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, [4] and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. [5]