Edmar de Souza Arruda (born 26 September 1959) is a Brazilian politician and economist. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as mayor of Maringá from 2001 to 2004 and as federal deputy representative from 2011 to 2019.[1]

Edmar Arruda
Arruda in June 2017
Federal Deputy for Paraná
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 January 2019
Mayor of Maringá
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 December 2004
Personal details
Born (1959-09-26) 26 September 1959 (age 65)
Tuneiras do Oeste, Paraná, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2016–)
PSC (2010–2016)

Personal life

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Arruda is the son of Antonio Arruda de Souza and Alice da Silva de Souza.[1] He is married to Silvana Pazzetto and is a member of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil.[2]

At the age of 15 Arruda moved to Maringá to work and study. He graduated with a degree in economics from the State University of Maringá, as well as having a degree in business management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.[2] Prior to becoming a politician, Arruda worked as an economists.[1]

Political career

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Arruda was elected to the federal chamber of deputies under banner of the Social Christian Party (Brazil) in the 2010 Brazilian general elections. In 2016 he joined the Social Democratic Party.[2]

Arruda did not vote in the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Arruda voted in favor of tax reform spending and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and voted against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "EDMAR ARRUDA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Edmar Arruda Deputado Federal" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 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. ^ "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 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ "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.