Augusto Coutinho
{{short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Augusto Coutinho
| image = File:Augusto Coutinho em outubro de 2017.jpg
| caption = Coutinho in October 2017
| alt =
| office = Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
| term_start = 1 February 2011
| term_end =
| office1 = State representative for Pernambuco
| term_start1 = 1 February 1999
| term_end1 = 31 December 2010
| office2 = Vereador of Recife
| term_start2 = 1 January 1992
| term_end2 = 31 December 1998
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
| party = SD (2013–)
DEM (2007–2013)
PFL (1986–2007)
}}
Augusto Rodrigues Coutinho de Melo (born 22 October 1962) more commonly known as Augusto Coutinho is a Brazilian politician as well as a civil engineer. He has spent his political career representing Pernambuco, having served as state representative since 2011.{{cite web|title=AUGUSTO COUTINHO – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/160665/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2 May 2019}}
Early life
Political career
Coutinho voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.{{cite news|title=Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}} He would later vote against opening a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,{{cite web|title=Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-deputados-votaram-no-impeachment-de-dilma-na-pec-241-na-reforma-trabalhista-e-na-denuncia-contra-temer.ghtml|date=2 August 2017|accessdate=2 May 2019|language=Portuguese|publisher=O Globo|trans-title=See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer}} and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.{{cite news|title=Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=4 August 2017|accessdate=18 September 2017}}
In January 2019 Coutinho was appointed leader of the Solidariedade party in the Brazilian legislature.{{cite web|title=Augusto Coutinho é escolhido como novo líder do Solidariedade na Câmara|url=https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2019/01/31/interna_politica,775985/augusto-coutinho-e-escolhido-como-novo-lider-do-solidariedade-na-camar.shtml|publisher=Diário de Pernambuco|date=31 January 2019|accessdate=2 May 2019|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|title=Augusto Coutinho é o novo líder do Solidariedade na Câmara dos Deputados|trans-title=Augusto Coutinho is the new leader of Solidarity in the Chamber of Deputies|url=http://www.solidariedade.org.br/deputados-federais/augusto-coutinho-novo-lider-camara-dos-deputados/|publisher=Solidariedade|date=31 January 2019|accessdate=2 May 2019|language=Portuguese}}