Altineu Côrtes Freitas Coutinho (born 13 September 1968), better known as simply Altineu Côrtes, is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He has represented Rio de Janeiro in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies since 2015.[1] Before that he was a member of the state legislature of Rio de Janeiro.

Altineu Côrtes
Côrtes in August 2016
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2015
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2003 – 1 February 2015
ConstituencyAt-large
State Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of Rio de Janeiro
In office
26 December 2019 – 8 October 2020
Governor
State Secretary of Childhood and Youth of Rio de Janeiro
In office
2 January 2004 – 25 August 2005
GovernorRosinha Garotinho
Personal details
Born
Altineu Côrtes Freitas Coutinho

(1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 56)
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyPL (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations
  • PMDB (2002–2008)
  • PT (2008–2010)
  • PR (2010–2016)
  • MDB (2016–2018)
OccupationPolitician and entrepreneur
Websitealtineucortes.com.br

Personal life

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Côrtes was born to Altineu Pires Coutinho and Angela Maria Freitas.[1] He is a member of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "ALTINEU CÔRTES – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ "COAF – Saiba quem foram os deputados evangélicos que votaram contra Moro; confira" (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 30 June 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 30 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.