Sâmia Bomfim

Brazilian politician
Sâmia Bomfim
Bomfim in 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2019
ConstituencySão Paulo
Chamber PSOL Leader
In office
20 August 2020 – 3 February 2021
Preceded byFernanda Melchionna
Succeeded byTalíria Petrone
Councillor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2017 – 1 February 2019
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Sâmia de Souza Bomfim

(1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 34)
Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSOL (2011–present)
Domestic partnerGlauber Braga (2020–present)
Alma materFaculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo (BLitt)

Sâmia de Souza Bomfim (born 22 August 1989) is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.[1]

Personal life

Prior to entering politics Bomfim worked as a civil servant. She identifies as a feminist.[2][3] She cites her inspirations as fellow PSOL politicians and activists Marielle Franco and Jean Wyllys.[3] She is also inspired by her close friend Vinicius Luz. Bomfim is considered a supporter of LGBT rights and took part in the 2019 São Paulo Pride parade.[4]

In 2016 Bomfim participated protests demanding the resignation of Eduardo Cunha and protesting rape culture in Brazil.[5]

In January 2020, Bomfim publicly announced that she was in a relationship with Glauber Braga, federal deputy for the PSOL of Rio de Janeiro.[6] In December 2020, Bomfim announced she was pregnant with the couple's first child, Hugo.[7] In June 2021, the couple's first child was born.[8]

Political career

Bomfim is the youngest woman ever elected to the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo, at the age of 27, and the first woman to be directly elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies for the Socialism and Liberty Party.[2] In the 2018 general election, Bomfin was one of the most voted candidates with 249,887 votes, being elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies.[9]

Murder of her brother

In the early hours of 5 October 2023, the physician Diego Ralf Bomfim, Sâmia's brother, was shot at a kiosk located in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro. He and two other physicians were killed and a third was injured and hospitalized. One of the hypothesis of the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police investigation is that the three doctors were killed by mistake and that the physician Perseu Ribeiro Almeida, one of the victims, was mistaken for a local crime boss from the region of Jacarepaguá.[10]

However, the Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil, Flávio Dino, wrote on his social media that the crime may also be motivated by the political activism of Sâmia and her husband, Glauber Braga, who is a federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro in the National Congress. He ordered the Federal Police of Brazil to follow the probe.[10]

References

  1. ^ "SÂMIA BOMFIM – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "SÂMIA BOMFIM – Biografia". Câmara Municipal de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Gonzalez, Mariana (1 February 2019). "Sâmia Bomfim é barrada na Câmara: "Rosto jovem e feminino é novidade ali"" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Sâmia Bomfim on Twitter: A gigantesca parada LGBT em São Paulo foi um ato político de repúdio às ideias obscurantistas e violentas de Jair Bolsonaro. O amor vence o ódio!". Twitter (in Portuguese). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ Bars, Renata (13 September 2016). "Sâmia Bonfim – candidata a vereadora pelo Psol São Paulo (SP)" (in Portuguese). UNE. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Sâmia Bomfim assume namoro com o deputado Glauber Braga". UOL (in Portuguese). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Deputada Sâmia Bomfim anuncia gravidez do primeiro filho com Glauber Braga". UOL (in Portuguese). 28 December 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Deputada Sâmia Bomfim anuncia gravidez do primeiro filho com Glauber Braga [28/12/2020]". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  9. ^ "Apuração: São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b Gaier, Rodrigo Viga (5 October 2023). "Killing of Brazil lawmaker's brother could be politically motivated, minister says". Reuters. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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