Luiz Albuquerque Couto was born on 13 February 1945 and is a Brazilian politician as well as a university professor and Catholic priest.
10 Facts About Luiz Couto
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Luiz Couto has spent his political career representing his home state of Paraiba, having served as state representative from 2003 to 2019.
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Luiz Couto's parents were landless farmers and Couto grew up in a poor environment.
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Luiz Couto is an alumnus of the Federal University of Paraiba.
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Luiz Couto attended seminary from 1974 to 1978, and on 19 December 1978 Luiz Couto was ordained to the Catholic priesthood.
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Luiz Couto has worked as a professor, teaching theology, anthropology, and philosophy at various universities in Paraiba.
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On 22 December 2018 Luiz Couto celebrated mass commemorating 40 years of him being a priest.
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Luiz Couto voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.
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Luiz Couto voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and he would vote in favor of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.
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Luiz Couto was investigated in December 2018 for alleged irregularities in campaign finance during the 2018 Brazilian general election.