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Randolfe Rodrigues

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Randolfe Rodrigues
Senator for Amapá
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Amapá
In office
1 January 1999 – 1 January 2007
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born (1972-11-06) 6 November 1972 (age 51)
Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political partyPT (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PT (1990–2005)
  • PSOL (2005–2015)
  • REDE (2015–2023)
Spouse
Priscila Barbosa
(m. 2023)
[1]
OccupationJournalist and history teacher
Websitewww.randolferodrigues.com.br

Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves (Garanhuns, 6 November 1972) is a Brazilian journalist and politician. Since 2011, Rodrigues serves as a Senator for the state of Amapá, was the most voted in the state's history in the 2010 Elections.[2]

He was opposed to Dilma Rousseff's impeachment process and defended that Vice-President Michel Temer would also have to be removed should it pass, proposing new presidential elections.[3] In the 2018 elections, he was re-elected senator, and become the leader of the opposition to the Bolsonaro government that lasted from 2019 to 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Randolfe se casa com advogada em cerimônia que deve ter Lula, Chico Buarque e Caetano Veloso". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Senador Randolfe Rodrigues". Brazilian Federal Senate. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves". Fundação Getulio Vargas. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
Federal Senate
Preceded by Senate Minority Leader
2019–2021
Succeeded by
Position established Senate Opposition Leader
2021–2023
Succeeded by
National Congress of Brazil
Preceded by
Eduardo Gomes
Congress Government Leader
2023–present
Incumbent