Renata Abreu

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Hellmeister and the second or paternal family name is Abreu.

Renata Hellmeister de Abreu (born 15 April 1982) is a Brazilian politician. She is a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo and president of the political party Podemos.^[1]

Renata Abreu
Abreu in October 2015
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2015
President of Podemos
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2017
Personal details
Born	Renata Hellmeister de Abreu (1982-04-15) 15 April 1982 (age 43) São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PODE (2014–present)
Spouse	Gabriel Melo
Children	2
Alma mater	Mackenzie Presbyterian University
Website	www.renataabreuoficial.com.br

Personal life

Abreu is the daughter of the founder of the Podemos party José Masci de Abreu and niece of the co-founder Dorival de Abreu.^[1] Her mother is Cristina Hellmeister de Abreu, and she is married to Gabriel Melo and has two children. Abreu is an alumna of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University.^[1]

Political career

Since her time as president of Podemos, Abreu has been successful in persuading other politicians to join her party. Only 8 politicians from the Podemos party were elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 election, but in April 2018 Abrue managed to persuade a further 14 politicians to switch parties, boosting the number of Podemos in the legislature to 22.^[2][3]

Abreu voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[4] Abreu voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[5] and would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[6]