Zenaide Maia

Zenaide Maia
Zenaide Maia
	Maia in 2019
Senator for Rio Grande do Norte
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2019
Preceded by	José Agripino Maia
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Norte
	In office; 1 February 2015 – 1 February 2019
Constituency	Rio Grande do Norte
Personal details
Born	27 November 1954 (age 70); Brejo do Cruz, Paraíba, Brazil
Political party	PSD (2023–present)
Other political; affiliations	PR (2008–18); PHS (2018–19); PROS (2019–23);

Zenaide Maia Calado Pereira dos Santos (born 27 November 1954), better known as Zenaide Maia, is a Brazilian politician and doctor. Although born in Paraíba, she has spent her political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, currently serving as a Senator.^[1] She previously served in the Chamber of Deputies, from 2015 to 2019, and as secretary of health in São Gonçalo do Amarante from 1991 to 1992 and from 2009 to 2011.^[2]

Personal life

Maia is the daughter of João Gonçalves Maia and Anunciada Cecilia da Silva.^[2] She is married to Jaime Calado, who from 2009 to 2016 was the mayor of São Gonçalo do Amarante.^[3]

Political career

Maia voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[4] She opposed the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms,^[5] and voted in favor of opening a corruption investigation on Rousseff's successor, Michel Temer.^[6]

In the 2018 Brazilian general election, Maia was elected to the Federal Senate with 660,315 votes, along with Styvenson Valentim, to represent the state of Rio Grande do Norte.^[7]

References

^ "Senador Zenaide Maia – RN" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "ZENAIDE MAIA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ Almeida, Alisson (16 March 2010). "Jaime Calado diz que PR foi "coerente" ao decidir apoiar Iberê" (in Portuguese). No Minuto. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "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.
^ Rafael, Norton (7 October 2018). "Capitão Styvenson (Rede) e Dra. Zenaide (PHS) são eleitos senadores pelo RN" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[1] "Senador Zenaide Maia – RN" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[bio-2] "ZENAIDE MAIA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[3] Almeida, Alisson (16 March 2010). "Jaime Calado diz que PR foi "coerente" ao decidir apoiar Iberê" (in Portuguese). No Minuto. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[4] "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.

[5] "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). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[6] "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.

[7] Rafael, Norton (7 October 2018). "Capitão Styvenson (Rede) e Dra. Zenaide (PHS) são eleitos senadores pelo RN" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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Zenaide Maia

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