{{Short description|Brazilian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Glauber Braga | image = File:Plenário do Congresso (36086896480).jpg | caption = Braga in August 2017 | office = [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Federal Deputy]] | term_start = 1 February 2011{{efn|Suspended for 6 months since 11 December 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/12/10/camara-suspende-por-seis-meses-deputado-glauber-braga-deputado-era-alvo-de-processo-de-cassacao.ghtml|title=Câmara suspende por seis meses deputado Glauber Braga; deputado era alvo de processo de cassação|website=G1|language=pt-br|first1=Paloma|last1=Rodrigues|first2=Vinícius|last2=Cassela|first3=Pedro Henrique|last3=Gomes|date=10 December 2025|accessdate=12 December 2025}}</ref>}} | term_end = | constituency = [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] | birth_name = Glauber de Medeiros Braga | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nova Friburgo]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil | party = [[Socialism and Liberty Party|PSOL]] (2015–present) | other_party = [[Brazilian Socialist Party|PSB]] (2001–2015) | alma_mater = Euroamerican University Center ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]]) | partner = [[Sâmia Bomfim]] (2020–present) }} '''Glauber de Medeiros Braga''' (born 26 June 1982) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], having served as federal deputy since 2011.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=GLAUBER BRAGA – Biografia|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/152605/biografia|work=Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil|language=Portuguese|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Braga is the son of Roberto Ricardo Braga and Maria da Saudade Medeiros Braga.<ref name=bio/> His mother was a noted left-wing politician. Braga has described [[Carlos Marighella]], [[Plínio de Arruda Sampaio]], [[Luís Carlos Prestes]], [[Olga Benário Prestes]], and [[Zumbi]] as his role models.<ref>{{cite web|title=As declarações dos deputados durante a votação do impeachment que tiveram destaque nas redes sociais|url=https://catracalivre.com.br/cidadania/video-as-declaracoes-dos-deputados-durante-a-votacao-do-impeachment/|language= Portuguese|publisher=Catraca Livre|date=18 April 2016|access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref>
In January 2020, Braga publicly announced that he was in a relationship with [[Sâmia Bomfim]], federal deputy for the PSOL of São Paulo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sâmia Bomfim assume namoro com o deputado Glauber Braga|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2020/01/27/samia-bomfim-assume-namoro-com-o-deputado-glauber-braga.htm|work=[[Universo Online|UOL]]|language=Portuguese|date=27 January 2020|accessdate=2 March 2022}}</ref> In December 2020, Bomfim announced she was pregnant with the couples' first child, Hugo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deputada Sâmia Bomfim anuncia gravidez do primeiro filho com Glauber Braga|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2020/12/28/samia-bomfim-glauber-braga-psol-gravidez.htm|work=[[Universo Online|UOL]]|language=Portuguese|date=28 December 2020|accessdate=2 March 2022}}</ref>
==Political career== Braga voted against the impeachment motion of then-president [[Dilma Rousseff]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=27 April 2017|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref> Braga voted in opposition to the [[Brazil labor reform (2017)|2017 Brazilian labor reform]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/veja-como-deputados-votaram-no-impeachment-de-dilma-na-pec-241-na-reforma-trabalhista-e-na-denuncia-contra-temer.ghtml|date=2 August 2017|access-date=28 June 2019|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[G1 (website)|G1 Globo]]|trans-title=See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer}}</ref> and would vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor [[Michel Temer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409132414/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer|archive-date=9 April 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=Carta Capital|language=Portuguese|date=4 August 2017|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref>
Braga was a vocal opponent of [[Outsourcing law in Brazil|law Nº 13,429/2017]], signed by Temer which allowed companies to hire outsourced employees from outside the company for primary activities. Braga said "it's not about granting rights to the outsourced worker. It's about outsourcing all and any activity of the labor market, worsening labor relations and worsening rights".<ref name=Calgaro>{{cite web|author=Bernardo Caram e Fernanda Calgaro|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/camara-aprova-texto-base-de-projeto-que-permite-terceirizacao-irrestrita.ghtml|title=Câmara aprova projeto que permite terceirização irrestrita|publisher=G1|date=22 March 2017|access-date=23 March 2017|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
In February 2020 Braga got into an argument with justice minister and judge [[Sergio Moro]], as the two publicly traded insults in the Chamber of deputies. Braga called "militant henchman" who was defending [[Flávio Bolsonaro]] from corruption allegations while Moro claimed Braga was unqualified and that the PSOL party was the one protecting criminals. [[Éder Mauro]] then insulted Braga's mother [[Saudade Braga]] before the chairman [[Marcelo Ramos (politician)|Marcelo Ramos]] decided to call off the hearing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moro e deputado batem boca em audiência na Câmara|url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/02/12/audiencia-com-moro-na-camara-e-encerrada-em-meio-a-bate-boca.ghtml|publisher=Valor|first=Isadora|last=Peron|date=12 February 2020|access-date=12 February 2020|language=pt}}</ref>
During the heated debate on the proposal of amnesty for Bolsonaro on 9 December 2025, Glauber Braga briefly occupied the Speaker's chair in lower House of Brazilian Parliament, which he said was a protest against a "coup offensive".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8m5lj2lzo|title=Chaos in Brazil Congress during push to cut Bolsonaro's sentence|website=BBC|date=10 December 2025|accessdate=12 December 2025}}</ref>
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