Eunício Oliveira
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
1 February 2023
ConstituencyCeará
In office
14 July 2005 – 1 February 2011
ConstituencyCeará
In office
1 February 1999 – 23 January 2004
ConstituencyCeará
President of the Federal Senate
In office
1 February 2017 – 1 February 2019
Preceded byRenan Calheiros
Succeeded byDavi Alcolumbre
Senator for Ceará
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Preceded byTasso Jereissati
Succeeded byCid Gomes
Minister of Communications
In office
23 January 2004 – 14 July 2005
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byMiro Teixeira
Succeeded byHélio Costa
Personal details
Born (1952-09-30) 30 September 1952
Lavras da Mangabeira, Ceará, Brazil
Political partyMDB (1972–present)
ProfessionBusinessman
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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, becaming president of the Senate of Brazil from 1 February 2017 to 2019.[1]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Eunício Oliveira é eleito presidente do Senado para os próximos dois anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Senador Eunício Oliveira". Federal Senate. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eunício recebeu R$ 5 milhões por MP e depois traiu JBS, diz delator". O Globo. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Delação da Odebrecht: Eunício é suspeito de receber R$ 2 milhões da construtora". G1. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.


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