Raquel Muniz
{{short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raquel Muniz
| image = Plenário do Congresso (25551960454).jpg
| caption = Muniz addressing congress in March 2016
| alt =
| office = Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
| term_start = 1 February 2015
| term_end = 31 January 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Montes Claros, MG, Brazil
| party = PSD (2016–)
PSC (2014–2016)
}}
Tânia Raquel de Queiroz Muniz (born 24 July 1963) better known as Raquel Muniz, is a Brazilian politician as well as a medic and teacher. She has spent her political career representing her home state of Minas Gerais, having served in the chamber of deputies from 2015 to 2019.{{cite web|title=RAQUEL MUNIZ – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/178998/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=5 August 2019}}
Personal life
Muniz was born to Elza Gonçalves de Queiroz. Prior to becoming a politician Muniz worked as a medic and teacher.
Political career
Muniz 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}} Muniz would vote against 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=5 August 2019|language=Portuguese|publisher=G1 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}} She 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 April 2018 Muniz was nominated to be head of the newly formed cultural committee in the federal chamber of deputies.{{cite web|title=Raquel Muniz preside nova comissão na Câmara|url=https://psd.org.br/noticia/raquel-muniz-preside-nova-comissao-na-camara/|publisher=PSD|language=Portuguese|date=13 April 2018|accessdate=5 August 2019}}{{cite web|title=Deputada Raquel Muniz presidirá nova comissão na Câmara|url=https://www.hojeemdia.com.br/primeiro-plano/deputada-raquel-muniz-presidir%C3%A1-nova-comiss%C3%A3o-na-c%C3%A2mara-1.612920|publisher=hoje emdia|language=Portuguese|date=12 April 2018|accessdate=5 August 2019}}
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Category:People from Montes Claros
Category:Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians
Category:Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais
Category:Brazilian women in politics
Category:20th-century Brazilian educators
Category:21st-century Brazilian educators
Category:20th-century Brazilian women educators
Category:21st-century Brazilian women educators
Category:20th-century Brazilian physicians
Category:20th-century Brazilian women physicians