Eunício Oliveira Explained

Eunício Oliveira
Office:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:1 February 2023
Constituency:Ceará
Term Start1:14 July 2005
Term End1:1 February 2011
Constituency1:Ceará
Term Start2:1 February 1999
Term End2:23 January 2004
Constituency2:Ceará
Office3:President of the Federal Senate
Term Start3:1 February 2017
Term End3:1 February 2019
Predecessor3:Renan Calheiros
Successor3:Davi Alcolumbre
Office4:Senator for Ceará
Term Start4:1 February 2011
Term End4:1 February 2019
Predecessor4:Tasso Jereissati
Successor4:Cid Gomes
Office5:Minister of Communications
Term Start5:23 January 2004
Term End5:14 July 2005
President5:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Predecessor5:Miro Teixeira
Successor5:Hélio Costa
Birth Date:30 September 1952
Birth Place:Lavras da Mangabeira, Ceará, Brazil
Party:MDB (1972–present)
Profession:Businessman
Signature:Decreto do Congresso Nacional (Intervenção na segurança do RIO em 2018.png

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]

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]

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  1. News: Eunício Oliveira é eleito presidente do Senado para os próximos dois anos. G1. pt-BR. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170201230414/http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/eunicio-oliveira-e-eleito-presidente-do-senado-para-os-proximos-dois-anos.ghtml. 1 February 2017. live.
  2. Web site: Senador Eunício Oliveira. Federal Senate. 29 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330045649/http://www.senado.gov.br/senadores/dinamico/paginst/senador612a.asp. 30 March 2014. live.
  3. Web site: May 19, 2017 . Eunício recebeu R$ 5 milhões por MP e depois traiu JBS, diz delator . January 11, 2024 . O Globo.
  4. Web site: April 11, 2017 . Delação da Odebrecht: Eunício é suspeito de receber R$ 2 milhões da construtora . January 11, 2024 . G1.