Eduardo Lopes (politician)

Eduardo Lopes
Lopes in 2017
Senator from Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 January 2017
In office
6 June 2016  30 September 2016
In office
6 March 2012  14 March 2014
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture
In office
17 March 2014  1 January 2015
President Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by Marcelo Crivella
Succeeded by Helder Barbalho
Personal details
Born Eduardo Benedito Lopes
(1964-09-19) 19 September 1964
Santo André, SP, Brazil
Political party PSB (20062010)
PRB (2010present)
Spouse(s) Rosana Lopes
Occupation Radio broadcaster

Eduardo Benedito Lopes (born 19 September 1964 in Santo André) is a Brazilian politician and a member of the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB). He served as Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture in the government of Dilma Rousseff.[1]

Lopes was elected in 2010 as the first surrogate of senator Marcelo Crivella. Due to Crivella's resignation to assume the office of mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo assumed the office as permanent senator.

He is an evangelical and a member of the Pentecostal movement the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD).[2]

References

  1. Fernanda Calgaro (17 March 2014). "Novo ministro da Pesca segue antecessor e admite não saber pescar" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. "Suplente de Crivella é como ele: bispo da Universal e ex-ministro de Dilma" (in Portuguese). Alexandre Aragão. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by
Marcelo Crivella
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture
20142015
Succeeded by
Helder Barbalho
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