Sóstenes Cavalcante

Sóstenes Cavalcante
Sóstenes Cavalcante
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2015
Constituency	Rio de Janeiro
Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2023
President	Arthur Lira
Preceded by	André de Paula
Personal details
Born	Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante; 16 January 1975; Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Political party	PL (2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	PSD (2013–2016); DEM (2016–2022); UNIÃO (2022);
Website	www.lagoadigital.com/sostenes/
Personal
Religion	Christian
Denomination	Neopentecostal
Church	Assembly of God

Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante (born 16 January 1975) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in Alagoas, he has spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro (state), having served as state representative since 2015.[1]

Personal life

Cacalcante is married to Isleia Cavalcante. He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]

Political career

Cavalcante voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[4]

Due to his evangelical beliefs Cacalcante is strongly against same-sex marriage, and since his time in the chambers of deputies has been pushing for a bill that would define marriage as exclusively between a man and woman.[5] During his time in office Cacalcante has lobbied with other evangelical politicians including Eduardo Cunha and Everaldo Pereira.[6]

References

"Sóstenes CAVALCANTE – Biografia" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Pr. Sóstenes Cavalcante passa a ser suplente na CDH e não poderá concorrer à presidência da Comissão". Guia-me (in Portuguese). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
"Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
"Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
Chagas, Thiago (13 March 2015). "Pastor Sóstenes Cavalcante vai presidir comissão especial do Estatuto da Família na Câmara". Gospel Mais (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
Castro, Juliana; Fernandes, Leticia; Remigio, Marcelo (23 August 2015). "Para enfrentar denúncia, Cunha se ampara em grupo construído entre evangélicos" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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[bio-1] "Sóstenes CAVALCANTE – Biografia" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[2] "Pr. Sóstenes Cavalcante passa a ser suplente na CDH e não poderá concorrer à presidência da Comissão". Guia-me (in Portuguese). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[3] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[4] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[5] Chagas, Thiago (13 March 2015). "Pastor Sóstenes Cavalcante vai presidir comissão especial do Estatuto da Família na Câmara". Gospel Mais (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[6] Castro, Juliana; Fernandes, Leticia; Remigio, Marcelo (23 August 2015). "Para enfrentar denúncia, Cunha se ampara em grupo construído entre evangélicos" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.