Eunício Oliveira
Brazilian politician and businessman
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Eunício Lopes de Oliveira (born 30 September 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He represent Ceará in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil since February 2023. Previously, he was a federal congressman representing Ceará from 1999 to 2011 and Federal Senator representing the state from 2011 to 2019, becoming president of the Senate of Brazil from 1 February 2017 to 2019.[1]
Eunício Oliveira | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
| Constituency | Ceará |
| In office 14 July 2005 – 1 February 2011 | |
| Constituency | Ceará |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 23 January 2004 | |
| Constituency | Ceará |
| President of the Federal Senate | |
| In office 1 February 2017 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Renan Calheiros |
| Succeeded by | Davi Alcolumbre |
| Senator for Ceará | |
| In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tasso Jereissati |
| Succeeded by | Cid Gomes |
| 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 | 30 September 1952 Lavras da Mangabeira, Ceará, Brazil |
| Party | MDB (1972–present) |
| Profession | Businessman |
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He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.[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] In a plea bargain, Eunício was accused of having received two million reais in bribes from the Odebrecht Organization (now Novonor).[4]
