Eunício Oliveira

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]

Eunício Oliveira
President of the Federal Senate
In office 1 February 2017 – 1 February 2019
Preceded by	Renan Calheiros
Succeeded by	Davi Alcolumbre
Member of the Federal Senate for Ceará
In office 1 February 2011 – 1 February 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies 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

References

1. "Eunício Oliveira é eleito presidente do Senado para os próximos dois anos". G1 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
2. "Senador Eunício Oliveira". Federal Senate. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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 2017–2019	Succeeded by Davi Alcolumbre