Cléber Verde Cordeiro Mendes (born 10 May 1972), more commonly known as Cléber Verde, is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing

Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...

, having served as state representative since 2007.

Personal life

Verde is the son of Jesuino Cordeiro Mendes and Maria da Graça Cordeiro Mendes. Aside from being a politician Verde has worked as a college professor, lawyer, writer, and civil servant. Verde is a member of the

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, one of the few members of the church in the IURD dominated republican party.

Political career

After having represented mostly left-wing parties throughout his political career, Verde joined the religious right-wing

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in 2007. Verde voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president

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. Verde voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

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References

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