Soraya Alencar dos Santos (born 4 December 1958) more commonly known as Soraya Santos is a Brazilian politician as well as being a lawyer. She has spent her political career representing

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, having served as state representative since 2015.

Personal life

Santos was born to Alan Guerra de Alencar and Cleyde Maria Guerra de Alencar. Before she became a politician Santos worked as a lawyer. Santos is married to politician Alexandre Santos.

Political career

Santos voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president

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. Santos voted against a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

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. She voted in favor of the

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