Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira (21 August 1986 – 16 August 2020), often simply known as Caio Narcio, was a Brazilian politician and a social scientist. Born in Minas Gerais, he served as a state representative from 2015 to 2019.[1]

Caio Narcio
Narcio in February 2015
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
Personal details
Born
Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira

(1986-08-21)21 August 1986
Uberlândia, Brazil
Died16 August 2020(2020-08-16) (aged 33)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (2006–2020)
ProfessionSocial scientist, politician

Personal life

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The son of politicians Narcio Rodrigues and Ana Cássia, Narcio graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.[1]

Political career

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Narcio voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] Narcio would vote in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[3] and he voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]

Health and death

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In 2018, Narcio developed meningoencephalitis. On 2 July 2020, Narcio was taken to a hospital in São Paulo with a high fever, and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. He died from complications of the virus exacerbated by meningoencephalitis on 16 August 2020, at age 33.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Deputado Caio Nárcio (PSDB-MG)". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  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.
  5. ^ "Caio Narcio, ex-deputado federal por Minas Gerais, morre aos 33 anos, com Covid" (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.