Renata Abreu | |
Office: | Federal Deputy from São Paulo |
Term Start: | 1 February 2015 |
Office1: | President of Podemos |
Term Start1: | 1 July 2017 |
Birth Name: | Renata Hellmeister de Abreu |
Birth Date: | 1982 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Party: | PODE (2014–present) |
Spouse: | Gabriel Melo |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Mackenzie Presbyterian University |
Renata Hellmeister de Abreu (born 15 April 1982) is a Brazilian politician. She is a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo and president of the political party Podemos.[1]
Abreu is the daughter of the founder of the Podemos party José Masci de Abreu and niece of the co-founder Dorival de Abreu.[1] Her mother is Cristina Hellmeister de Abreu, and she is married to Gabriel Melo and has two children. Abreu is an alumna of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University.[1]
Since her time as president of Podemos, Abreu has been successful in persuading other politicians to join her party. Only 8 politicians from the Podemos party were elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 election, but in April 2018 Abrue managed to persuade a further 14 politicians to switch parties, boosting the number of Podemos in the legislature to 22.[2] [3]
Abreu voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[4] Abreu voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[5] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[6]
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