Perpétua Almeida
Perpétua Almeida | |
|---|---|
 Almeida in May 2014 | |
| Federal Deputy for Acre | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| In office 1 February 2003 – 31 January 2015 | |
| Alderman for Rio Branco | |
| In office 1 February 2000 – 31 January 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1964 Porto Walter, Acre, Brazil |
| Political party | PCdoB |
| Spouse | Edvaldo Magalhães |
Maria Perpétua de Almeida (born 28 December 1964), more commonly known as Perpétua Almeida, is a Brazilian politician as well as a banker and teacher. She has spent her political career representing the state of Acre, having served as state representative from 2003 to 2015 and since 2019.[1]
Personal life
Almeida is the daughter of Francisco Batista de Almeida and Maria de Lourdes.[1] She grew up in a poor family of rubber tappers and she is the youngest of 15 children. Almeida spent five years studying to be a Dominican nun in a convent in Cruzeiro do Sul, but later left the religious life for social activism, later writing on her social media that "I believe we can serve God wherever we are."[2]
She is married to Edvaldo Magalhães who she met at a communist party meeting in Rio Branco. Almeida and Magalhães have 2 children.[3] Prior to becoming a politician Almeida worked as a banker and as a teacher.[1] Almeida is of Afro-Brazilian descent.[2]
Political career
In the 2002 Brazilian general election Almeida was the most voted for federal deputy in the state of Acre with 34,730 votes and her husband was the most voted member of the state legislature.[3] In the 2014 Brazilian general election Almeida contested the seat in the Federal Senate, against Gladson Cameli. Cameli received 58% of the votes and was elected, while Almedia finished in second place with 36% of the votes and as a consequence did not hold public office for the next four years. In the 2018 Brazilian general election Almeida returned to the federal chamber of deputies after being elected with 18,374 votes.[4]
Together with other politicians in Acre, Almeida and her husband have campaigned for access to clean water,[5] and indigenous rights, such as the land rights of the Puyanawa tribe.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "PERPÉTUA ALMEIDA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b Prado, Gabriel (14 September 2018). ""A gente precisa sobreviver a 2018"; novas candidaturas poderosas" (in Portuguese). Justificando. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Perpétua Almeida e Edvaldo Magalhães: casal de sucesso no amor e na política". Vermelho (Red Portal) (in Portuguese). 10 April 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Senadores e deputados federais/estaduais eleitos: Apuração e resultado das Eleições 2018 AC" (in Portuguese). UOL Eleições 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Bryan, Samuel. "Sena Madureira ganha nova Estação de Tratamento de Água". Agência de Notícias do Acre (in Portuguese). Voz do Norte. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Tião ao Viana assina Ordem de Serviço para construção de 13 poços artesianos na terra indígena Puyanawa" (in Portuguese). Voz do Norteaccessdate=1 July 2019.