Zenaide Maia
Zenaide Maia Calado Pereira dos Santos better known as Zenaide Maia is a Brazilian politician and medic. Although born in Paraíba, she has spent her political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, having served as state senator since 2019. She previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2015 to 2019, and served as secretary of health for São Gonçalo do Amarante from 1991 to 1992 and from 2009 to 2011.Personal life
Maia is the daughter of João Gonçalves Maia and Anunciada Cecilia da Silva. She is married to Jaime Calado, who from 2009 to 2016 was the mayor of São Gonçalo do Amarante.Political career
Maia voted against the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff. She voted in opposition to the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms, and would vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.
In the 2018 Brazilian general election Maia was elected to the federal senate with 660,315 votes, along with Styvenson Valentimfrom the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
