Lincoln Portela

Lincoln Portela
Lincoln Portela
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 1999
Constituency	Minas Gerais
First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 25 May 2022 – 1 February 2023
Preceded by	Marcelo Ramos
Succeeded by	Marcos Pereira
Personal details
Born	Lincoln Dinz Portela; 3 November 1953 (age 71); Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	PL (since 2018)
Other political; affiliations	PST (1993–2000); PSL (2000–2003); PL (2003–2006); PR (2006–2016); PRB (2016–2018);
Occupation	Radio host and evangelical pastor

Lincoln Dinz Portela (born 3 November 1953) is a Brazilian politician, television and radio personality as well as an evangelical pastor. He has spent his political career representing Minas Gerais, having served as state representative since 1999.^[1]

Personal life

Portela worked for three years on the Record TV Network from 1996 to 1998 appearing on the program Record News. As a radio broadcaster he has run the "Espaço Aberto" program on 88.7 FM broadcast in Belo Horizonte.^[2] In addition Portela is an evangelical pastor of the Solidarity Baptist Church (Igreja Batista Solidária).^[2]

Political career

During his early political career Portela was affiliated with and/or received endorsements from the PST, PSL, and PL; in 2007 Portela formally joined the Brazilian Republican Party or PRB.^[1]

Although homeschooling has been prohibited in Brazil since the 1990s, in 2013 Portela proposed a bill that would legalize homeschooling if parents followed educational guidelines approved by the state.^[3] The bill was ultimately rejected, with Brazilian Supreme Court ruling for the second time that homeschooling was illegal in 2018.^[4]

Portela voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[5] Portela voted against the Brazil labor reform (2017), and would later vote for a corruption investigation in Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lincoln Portela". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "LINCOLN PORTELA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "Audiência discute projeto que autoriza o ensino domiciliar no Brasil". www2.camara.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ "Brazilian Supreme Court Outlaws Homeschooling". Folha de S.Paulo. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

Political offices
Preceded by Marcelo Ramos	First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies 2022–2023	Succeeded by Marcos Pereira

[bio-1] "Lincoln Portela". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[camara-2] "LINCOLN PORTELA – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[3] "Audiência discute projeto que autoriza o ensino domiciliar no Brasil". www2.camara.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[4] "Brazilian Supreme Court Outlaws Homeschooling". Folha de S.Paulo. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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

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

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