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Paulo Freire Costa

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Paulo Freire Costa
Freire in December 2011
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2011
ConstituencySão Paulo
Personal details
Born
Paulo Roberto Freire da Costa

(1955-02-04) 4 February 1955 (age 69)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPL (2009–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PTB (2002–2006)
  • DEM (2006–20099)
ProfessionEvangelical pastor
Personal
ReligionChristian
DenominationNeopentecostal
Organization
ChurchAssembly of God

Paulo Roberto Freire da Costa (born 4 February 1955) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. He has spent his political career representing São Paulo, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]

Personal life

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Freire Costa was born to José Wellington Bezerra da Costa and Vanda Freire Costa. His father José was a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church. He has 5 siblings: José Wellington, Samuel, Joel, Marta, and Rute.[2] His sister Marta is also a politician, and his brother José Wellington is also a pastor. Freire Costa is married to Léa Costa and has two daughters: Vanessa and Cristiane, as well as three grandchildren. Like his father and brother he is also a pastor in the Assembleias de Deus church.[2] Because of his faith Freire Costa is strongly opposed to abortion.[2]

Political career

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Freire Costa voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later vote in against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "PAULO FREIRE COSTA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Pastor Presidente - Paulo Roberto Freire da Costa" (in Portuguese). Igreja Evangélica Assembléia de Deus - Min. Belém. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  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. ^ "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.