Alex Manente

Alex Manente, born in São Bernardo do Campo (SP) on August 22, 1979, graduated in Law from UniABC. He is currently serving his third term as a federal deputy.

Political career

Alex Manente began his political career in 2004 when he was elected city councilor of São Bernardo do Campo by the Popular Socialist Party (PPS), obtaining 12,507 votes. In 2006, he was elected state deputy for São Paulo with 60,571 votes, being re-elected in 2010 with 114,714 votes. In 2014, he was elected federal deputy by the Popular Socialist Party (PPS), currently Cidadania, with 164,760 votes and re-elected in 2018 with 127,366 votes. In 2022, he was re-elected federal deputy by Cidadania with 196,866 votes.

Performance in the National Congress

During his term as a federal deputy, Alex Manente has distinguished himself through his work on issues related to public safety, urban development, and public policies focused on transparency and combating corruption. Among his main achievements are:

• Author of Constitutional Amendment Proposal 199/2019 , which proposes imprisonment after conviction in the second instance, considered one of the most relevant issues in the fight against impunity and corruption in Brazil.
• Rapporteur of Law 14.624/2024 , which provides for the use of a ribbon lanyard with sunflower designs as an indicator of a disability not visible externally, and of Law 13.722/2018, which makes training in basic first aid mandatory for teachers.
• Rapporteur of Complementary Law 208/2024 , a proposal that gives the Union, states, and municipalities greater investment capacity without generating or increasing taxes.

Manente was also one of the main architects of the approval of the State-Owned Enterprises Law in 2016, which seeks to guarantee greater transparency and efficiency in the management of public companies. He has been the leader of Cidadania since 2021. In 2024, he is one of the favorites to win the São Bernardo mayoral election . He is a defender of the medicinal use of cannabis-based products.

In 2016, he was one of the federal deputies who voted in favor of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff . He voted in favor of several economic reforms, such as the Labor Reform in 2017, the Pension Reform in 2019, and the Tax Reform in 2023. In the House of Representatives, he served as Secretary of International Relations and president of the Tourism Committee.

He stood out for his opposition to the Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) on Precatórios in 2021, which he sees as a way to approve the default on debts and break the spending cap, which could generate economic instability. He positioned himself more aligned with the economic agenda of the Bolsonaro government and critical of that of the Lula government.