Marco Feliciano  Marco Antônio Feliciano (born 12 October 1972) is a Brazilian politician as well as a pastor, writer, film producer, and theologian. He has spent his political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011. A polarizing figure in Brazilian politics due to his outspoken conservative views, his election to president of the commission on human rights and minorities caused controversy and protest due to Feliciano's comments regarding Africans, LGBTQ individuals, women, Catholics, among others. Feliciano is the son of a single mother Lucia Maria Feliciano, and grew up in an impoverished environment. He is married to Edileusa de Castro Silva and has three children: Kamilly, Ketlin, and Karen. He is an alumnus of the International Seminary Hosanna and Bible School, located in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is a pastor of the Cathedral of Avivamento, a  Neo-Pentecostal church affiliated with the Assembleias de Deus. Feliciano began preaching at the age of nineteen, but was not allowed to become pastor in the church of Assembly of God in Belém where he attended because he was too young. At the age of 26 he traveled to the United States and was ordained a pastor there under by the Gideões Missionários da Última Hora or GMUH, a sub-group of the Assembly of God in Brazil. Currently there are 14 churches under his leadership in Brazil. In addition to being a pastor and theologian, Feliciano is also a writer with 18 published books, a performer of Christian music, and the producer of 2 evangelical documentaries. In the 2010 Brazilian general election Feliciano was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies from his home state of São Paulo with 212,000 votes. Feliciano voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff. Feliciano voted in favor of 2015 tax reforms and the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would vote against a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer. Feliciano was one of only 10 deputies who opposed the expulsion of then-president of the chamber of deputies Eduardo Cunha for corruption. In July 2019 Feliciano announced that he would run as a vice-presidential candidate in the 2022 Brazilian general election. A long time member of the Social Christian party, in March 2018 Feliciano joined the Podemos party.