Eunício Oliveira

Eunício Oliveira
President of the Federal Senate
Assumed office
1 February 2017
Preceded by Renan Calheiros
Senator for Ceará
Assumed office
1 February 2011
Federal Deputy for Ceará
In office
1 February 1999 – 1 February 2011
Licensed between 2004–2005
Minister of Communications
In office
23 January 2004 – 14 July 2005
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by Miro Teixeira
Succeeded by Hélio Costa
Personal details
Born (1952-09-30) 30 September 1952
Lavras da Mangabeira, Ceará, Brazil
Political party MDB (1972–1981)
PMDB (1981–2017)
MDB (2017–present)
Profession Businessman

Eunício Lopes de Oliveira (born September 30, 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He has represented Ceará in the Federal Senate since 2011 and became president of the Senate of Brazil on February 1, 2017.[1] Previously, he was a federal congressman representing Ceará from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.[2] He was candidate running for Governor of Ceará in 2014. He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Eunício Oliveira é eleito presidente do Senado para os próximos dois anos". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Senador Eunício Oliveira". Federal Senate. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.telesurtv.net/news/3493-millones-de-dolares-pago-JBS-en-sobornos-a-Michel-Temer-20170730-0046.html
Government offices
Preceded by
Miro Teixeira		 Minister of Communications
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Hélio Costa
Political offices
Preceded by
Renan Calheiros		 President of the Federal Senate
2017–present		 Incumbent
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Rodrigo Maia
as President of the Chamber of Deputies		 Brazilian presidential line of succession
2nd in line
as President of the Federal Senate		 Followed by
Dias Toffoli
as President of the Supreme Federal Court
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Michel Temer
as President		 Brazilian order of precedence
as President of the Federal Senate		 Followed by
Rodrigo Maia
as President of the Chamber of Deputies
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