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Brazilian politician and businessman

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Eunício Oliveira


Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
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	(1952-09-30) 30 September 1952 (age 72) Lavras da Mangabeira, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	MDB (1972–present)
Profession	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.

He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. He was candidate running for Governor of Ceará in 2014.

He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.. In a plea bargain, Eunício was accused of having received two million reais in bribes from the Odebrecht Organization (now Novonor).

References

"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.
"Senador Eunício Oliveira". Federal Senate. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
"Eunício recebeu R$ 5 milhões por MP e depois traiu JBS, diz delator". O Globo. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
"Delação da Odebrecht: Eunício é suspeito de receber R$ 2 milhões da construtora". G1. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

Political offices
Preceded byMiro Teixeira	Minister of Communications 2004–2005	Succeeded byHélio Costa
Preceded byRenan Calheiros	President of the Federal Senate 2017–2019	Succeeded byDavi Alcolumbre

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