Sóstenes Cavalcante
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2015
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
PresidentArthur Lira
Preceded byAndré de Paula
Personal details
Born
Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante

(1975-01-16) 16 January 1975
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Political partyPL (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Websitewww.lagoadigital.com/sostenes/
Personal
ReligionChristian
DenominationNeopentecostal
ChurchAssembly of God

Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante (born 16 January 1975) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in Alagoas, he has spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro (state), having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life

Cacalcante is married to Isleia Cavalcante. He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

Cavalcante voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[4]

Due to his evangelical beliefs Cacalcante is strongly against same-sex marriage, and since his time in the chambers of deputies has been pushing for a bill that would define marriage as exclusively between a man and woman.[5] During his time in office Cacalcante has lobbied with other evangelical politicians including Eduardo Cunha and Everaldo Pereira.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sóstenes CAVALCANTE – Biografia" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Pr. Sóstenes Cavalcante passa a ser suplente na CDH e não poderá concorrer à presidência da Comissão". Guia-me (in Portuguese). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Chagas, Thiago (13 March 2015). "Pastor Sóstenes Cavalcante vai presidir comissão especial do Estatuto da Família na Câmara". Gospel Mais (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Castro, Juliana; Fernandes, Leticia; Remigio, Marcelo (23 August 2015). "Para enfrentar denúncia, Cunha se ampara em grupo construído entre evangélicos" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.


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