Gilberto Nascimento Silva (born 9 June 1956) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing São Paulo (state), having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Gilberto Nascimento
Nascimento in 2016
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
Assumed office
1 February 2015
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
In office
1 February 2003 – 31 January 2007
State deputy for São Paulo
In office
15 March 1995 – 31 January 2003
Alderman for São Paulo
In office
1 February 1983 – 31 December 1994
Personal details
Born (1956-06-09) 9 June 1956 (age 68)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSC

Personal life

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Prior to becoming a politician Nascimento worked as a lawyer. He is a member of the Assembleias de Deus church.[1] Nascimento has been at times been criticized as an apologists of Silas Malafaia.[2]

Political career

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Nascimento voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NASCIMENTO, Gilberto". FGV-C{DOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ Nogueira, Kiko (9 January 2018). ""Eu contei o dinheiro do dízimo com Malafaia": o testemunho de um evangélico descrente" ["I counted the money of the tithe with Malafaia": the testimony of an evangelical nonbeliever] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  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.