Caio Narcio

Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira (21 August 1986 – 16 August 2020), often simply known as Caio Narcio, was a Brazilian politician and a social scientist. Born in Minas Gerais, he served as a state representative from 2015 to 2019.[1]

Caio Narcio
Narcio in February 2015
Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
Personal details
Born
Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira

(1986-08-21)21 August 1986
Uberlândia, Brazil
Died16 August 2020(2020-08-16) (aged 33)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (2006–2020)
ProfessionSocial scientist, politician

Personal life

The son of politicians Narcio Rodrigues and Ana Cássia, Narcio graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.[1]

Political career

Narcio voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.[2] Narcio would vote in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer,[3] and he voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[4]

Health and death

In 2018, Narcio developed meningoencephalitis. On 2 July 2020, Narcio was taken to a hospital in São Paulo with a high fever, and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. He died from complications of the virus exacerbated by meningoencephalitis on 16 August 2020, less than a week before his 34th birthday.[5]

References
  1. "Deputado Caio Nárcio (PSDB-MG)". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "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). O Globo. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "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.
  5. "Caio Narcio, ex-deputado federal por Minas Gerais, morre aos 33 anos, com Covid" (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 16 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.


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