Antonio Mecias Pereira de Jesus (born 8 February 1962) more commonly known as Mecias de Jesus is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima.
[1] Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a financial adviser.
[2] His son Johnathan de Jesus is also a politician, being elected to the federal chamber of deputies in 2010.
[1] Unlike most PRB politicians who belong to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, de Jesus and his family belong to the Nova Vida Baptist church.
[3] In 2017 de Jesus proposed a bill that would exempt churches from paying water, electricity, and telephone taxes in Roraima.
[4] The bill caused some controversy as Brazil is officially a secular state and was eventually not passed.
de Jesus is the president of the PRB party in the state of Roraima.