Natália Bastos Bonavides
Natália Bonavides | |
|---|---|
| Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Norte | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15, 1988 |
| Party | PT (2012–current) |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Natália Bastos Bonavides is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. She served as city council of Natal and as federal deputy for Rio Grande do Norte.[1][2]
Biography
A lawyer with a master's degree in Constitutional law, Natália Bonavides began her activism in the student movement. She served as a leader of the Amaro Cavalcanti Academic Center, representing the law students of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).[3]
In social movements, she worked as a lawyer for the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), the Movement for the Struggle in Neighborhoods, Villages and Slums (MLB), the Movement of Homeless People, and was politically active with the World March of Women. She was one of the founders of the Popular Law Office, the first organization in the state to provide legal assistance to social movements.[4] She also served as a lawyer for the Municipal Workers' Union of Natal.
A member of the Workers’ Party (PT), in 2016 she was elected the fifth most-voted city councilor of the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, with 6,202 votes.[5][6] In the 2018 elections, she was elected federal deputy by the PT/PCdoB/PHS coalition with 112,998 votes. She was the second most-voted candidate and the only woman elected from her state, and the most voted in Natal, where she received 43,714 votes.[7] In the 2022 elections, she was re-elected federal deputy, being the most voted candidate in Rio Grande do Norte, with 157,549 votes (8.42% of valid votes).[8]
Bonavides ran for mayor in the 2024 Natal municipal election, surprising observers in the final stretch and reaching the second round.[9] However, she was not successful in the election, finishing second in the runoff with 179,714 votes (44.66% of valid votes).[10]
References
- ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal Natália Bonavides".
- ^ "Deputada Federal Natália Bonavides". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Biography of Natália Bonavides". Personal site (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-12-02.
- ^ "Women's Campaign: Natália Bonavides". Campanha de Mulher (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-12-02.
- ^ "2016 Election Results". TSE (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-12-02.
- ^ Leonardo Dantas (2016-10-03). "Who is the first councilwoman elected by the PT in Natal?". Carta Potiguar. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "2018 Election Results". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-12-02.
- ^ "Natália Bonavides (PT) is the most voted federal deputy in Rio Grande do Norte". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Natália Bonavides advances to second round and celebrates: "The result shows that Natal wants change"". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ ""Very proud of the political process we built," says Natália Bonavides after defeat in Natal's runoff". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-27. Retrieved 2024-10-28.