Waldenor Alves Pereira Filho (born 8 March 1954) more commonly known as Waldenor Pereira is a Brazilian politician as well as an economists and university professor. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2011.[1]

Waldenor Pereira
Pereira in September 2015
Federal Deputy for Bahia
Assumed office
1 February 2011
State Deputy for Bahia
In office
1 February 2003 – 31 December 2010
Rector of State University of Southwestern Bahia
In office
1994–2002
Personal details
Born (1954-03-08) 8 March 1954 (age 70)
Caculé, Bahia, Brazil
Political partyPT

Personal life

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He is the son of Waldenor Alves Pereira and Terezinha Ledo Alves Pereira.[1] He holds a postgraduate degree in programming and public budget from the Federal University of Bahia. He also holds a diploma in advanced studies in Public Management from the Complutense University of Madrid.[2] Before becoming a politician Pereira worked as an economists and university professor.[1] From 1994 to 2002 he was the rector of the State University of Southwestern Bahia.[2]

Political career

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Pereira voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[3] Pereira voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,[4] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "WALDENOR PEREIRA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "WALDENOR PEREIRA – Deputado Federal". PT do Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 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.