Raquel Muniz

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.[1]

Raquel Muniz
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
Montes Claros, MG, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2016–)
PSC (2014–2016)

Personal life

Muniz was born to Elza Gonçalves de Queiroz.[1] Prior to becoming a politician Muniz worked as a medic and teacher.[1]

Political career

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

In April 2018 Muniz was nominated to be head of the newly formed cultural committee in the federal chamber of deputies.[5][6]

References
  1. "RAQUEL MUNIZ – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  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). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 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. "Raquel Muniz preside nova comissão na Câmara" (in Portuguese). PSD. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. "Deputada Raquel Muniz presidirá nova comissão na Câmara" (in Portuguese). hoje emdia. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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