José Antonio Medeiros
{{Short description|Brazilian politician (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = José Medeiros
| image = José Medeiros.jpg
| office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start = 1 January 2019
| constituency = Mato Grosso
| office1 = Senator for Mato Grosso
| term_start1 = 1 February 2011
| term_end1 = 1 February 2019
| birth_name = José Antonio Medeiros
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|03|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
| party = PL (since 2022)
| otherparty = {{Plainlist|
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| profession = Federal highway police officer
}}
José Antonio Medeiros (born 19 March 1970) is a Brazilian politician. He had represented Mato Grosso in the Federal Senate from 2015 to 2019 and is currently member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is a member of the Liberal Party (PL).
Personal life
Political career
Medeiros voted in favor of the impeachment against 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}} Medeiros voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar corruption investigation and impeachment motion.{{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}}
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Category:People from Rio Grande do Norte
Category:Brazilian Presbyterians
Category:Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) politicians
Category:Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Mato Grosso
Category:Cidadania politicians
Category:Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians
Category:Podemos (Brazil) politicians
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