Joaquim Passarinho

Joaquim Passarinho Pinto de Souza Porto (born 2 December 1961) is a Brazilian politician and architect. Born in Belém, he has served in the state council, as well as state representative since 2015 for Pará.^[1]

Joaquim Passarinho
Passarinho in October 2016
Federal Deputy for Pará
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2015
Secretary of State for Public Works of Pará
In office 2011–2014
State representative for Pará
In office 2003–3010
Secretary of State for Public Works of Pará
In office 2002–2003
City Councilor for Belém
In office 1989–2002
Personal details
Born	(1961-12-02) 2 December 1961 (age 62) Belém, Pará, Brazil
Political party	PSD

Personal life

Passarinho studied architecture at university. He is a practicing Roman Catholic.^[2] He is the nephew of former senator and governor of Pará, Jarbas Passarinho.^[3]

Political career

Passarinho served on the city council of Belém, as well as serving in the state senate and having two separate stints of being Secretary of State for Public Works for the state of Pará, prior to being elected federal deputy.^[1]

Passarinho voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.^[4] He would vote in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[5] Passarinho voted in favor of the 2017 Brazil labor reform.^[5]

References

1. "JOAQUIM PASSARINHO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
2. "Quem são os 18 homens que querem legislar sobre o corpo das mulheres, por João Filho" (in Portuguese). GGN. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
3. "Joaquim Passarinho presta homenagem a Jarbas Passarinho" (in Portuguese). PSD na Câmara. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
4. (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
5. (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.