Simone Morgado

Simone Morgado
Morgado in November 2015
Federal Deputy from Pará
In office 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
State Deputy of Pará
In office 1 February 2007 – 31 January 2015
Vereador of Bragança
In office 2005–2007
Personal details
Born	(1967-04-07) 7 April 1967 (age 57) Belém, Pará, Brazil
Political party	PDMB

Simone Maria Morgado Ferreira (born 6 April 1967) is a Brazilian politician and economists. She has spent her political career representing her home state of Pará, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019.^[1]

Personal life

Morgado was born to Hilário Augusto Ferreira Filho and Maria Amália Morgado Ferreira.^[1] In addition to being a politician, Morgado has also worked as an economist.^[1] She is the spouse of fellow politician Jader Barbalho.^[2]

Political career

Morgado voted against the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[3] Morgado voted against the 2015 tax reforms but in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[4] and would vote against the opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[5] Morgado was one of the strongest supporters of Temer against his corruption allegations.^[6]

References

1. "SIMONE MORGADO – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. "PF vasculha sala da deputada Simone Morgado, mulher de Jader Barbalho" (in Portuguese). Metrópoles. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 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]. G1 Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 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.
6. "Votação da rejeição da 2ª denúncia contra Temer". G1 Globo. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.