Eduardo Braga Explained

Eduardo Braga
Office:Senator for Amazonas
Term Start:February 1, 2011
Office1:Senate Majority Leader
Term Start1:February 1, 2019
Predecessor1:Office established
Office2:Minister of Mines and Energy
President2:Dilma Rousseff
Term Start2:January 1, 2015
Term End2:April 21, 2016
Predecessor2:Edison Lobão
Successor2:Marco Antônio Martins Almeida
Office3:45th Governor of Amazonas
Term Start3:January 1, 2003
Term End3:March 31, 2010
Predecessor3:Amazonino Mendes
Successor3:Omar Aziz
Birth Date:6 December 1960
Birth Place:Belém, Pará, Brazil
Party:MDB

Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Braga (born December 6, 1960) is a Brazilian politician and businessman, currently a republic senator from Amazonas.[1] Better known as Eduardo Braga, he was a councilman of Manaus (1981–1985), state deputy of amazonas (1987–1991), federal deputy from amazonas (1991–1993), vice-mayor of Manaus (1993–1994) and mayor of Manaus (1994–1997). He campaigned for the government of Amazonas in 1998 and for the city hall of Manaus in 2000 without success. He was elected governor of Amazonas in October 2002, in the first turn, with 52.4% of the votes, and assumed office on 1 January 2003. In 2006, Braga was re-elected, in the first turn. He renounced in 2010 to run for the Senate on the elections of that year.[2]

On January 1, 2015, he was named Minister of Mines and Energy in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff.[3]

He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eduardo Braga's page on Brazilian Senate site.
  2. Web site: Over 500 top leaders to gather in Cancun, Mexico . 9 April 2008 . World Economic Forum . 23 August 2010 . Mexico .
  3. http://www2.planalto.gov.br/presidencia/ministros/ministerio-de-minas-e-energia Ministério de Minas e Energia