Mecias de Jesus

Brazilian senator

Mecias de Jesus
de Jesus in 2019

Senator for Roraima
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
State Deputy for Roraima
In office 1 February 1995 – 31 January 2019

Personal details
Born	(1962-02-08) 8 February 1962 (age 62) Graça Aranha, Maranhão, Brazil
Political party	PRB (2006–)

Antonio Mecias Pereira de Jesus (born 8 February 1962) more commonly known as Mecias de Jesus is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima. He previously served in the state legislature from 1995 to 2019.^[1]

Personal life

de Jesus was born in Graça Aranha.^[1] Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a financial adviser.^[1] In his youth he also worked as a shoeshine, farmer, waiter and gardener.^[2] His son Johnathan de Jesus is also a politician, being elected to the federal chamber of deputies in 2010.^[1] Unlike most PRB politicians who belong to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, de Jesus and his family belong to the Nova Vida Baptist church.^[3]

Political career

In 2017 de Jesus proposed a bill that would exempt churches from paying water, electricity, and telephone taxes in Roraima.^[4] The bill caused some controversy as Brazil is officially a secular state and was eventually not passed.

de Jesus is the president of the PRB party in the state of Roraima.^[2]

In the 2018 Brazilian general election de Jesus was elected to the federal senate with 85,366 votes.^[2] He was one of six new Evangelical members elected to the federal senate in that election.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MECIAS DE JESUS – Biografia". Assembla Legislatva do Roraima (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mecias de Jesus". PRB (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ Matos, Fábio (15 July 2012). "Voz da Universal no Congresso, PRB quer dobrar número de prefeitos e mira 2014". IG São Paulo (in Portuguese). Último Segundo. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ "Deputado quer isentar igrejas de pagarem imposto sobre água, luz e telefone em Roraima" [Deputy wants to exempt churches from paying water, electricity and telephone taxes in Roraima] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^ "De Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho é eleito Senador no Pará" [From Araguacema -TO, Pastor Zequinha Marinho is elected Senator in Pará] (in Portuguese). JM Notícia. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.