Raquel Muniz | |
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Muniz addressing congress in March 2016 | |
Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais | |
In office 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1963-07-24) 24 July 1963 (age 61) Montes Claros, MG, Brazil |
Political party | PSD (2016–) PSC (2014–2016) |
Tânia Raquel de Queiroz Muniz (born 24 July 1963) better known as Raquel Muniz, is a Brazilian politician as well as a medic and teacher. She has spent her political career representing her home state of Minas Gerais, having served in the chamber of deputies from 2015 to 2019.
Personal life
Muniz was born to Elza Gonçalves de Queiroz. Prior to becoming a politician Muniz worked as a medic and teacher.
Political career
Muniz voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. Muniz would vote against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. She voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.
In April 2018 Muniz was nominated to be head of the newly formed cultural committee in the federal chamber of deputies.
References
- ^ "RAQUEL MUNIZ – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- "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.
- "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- "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.
- "Raquel Muniz preside nova comissão na Câmara" (in Portuguese). PSD. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- "Deputada Raquel Muniz presidirá nova comissão na Câmara" (in Portuguese). hoje emdia. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Montes Claros
- Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians
- Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais
- Brazilian women in politics
- 20th-century Brazilian educators
- 21st-century Brazilian educators
- 20th-century Brazilian women educators
- 21st-century Brazilian women educators
- 20th-century Brazilian physicians
- 20th-century Brazilian women physicians
- 21st-century Brazilian physicians
- 21st-century Brazilian women physicians