Herzem Gusmão Pereira Explained

Herzem Gusmão Pereira
Birth Date:	2 June 1948
Birth Place:	Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Death Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Party:	MDB
Office:	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia
Term Start:	2015
Term End:	2016
Office2:	Mayor of Vitória da Conquista
Term Start2:	1 January 2017
Term End2:	18 March 2021
Successor2:	Sheila Lemos

Herzem Gusmão Pereira (2 June 1948 – 18 March 2021) was a Brazilian politician and journalist.^[1]

Biography

He served as Mayor of Vitória da Conquista^{[2] [3]} and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia.^[4]

He worked for Rádio Clube de Conquista and Rádio Brasil FM prior to his political career.

Pereira was diagnosed with COVID-19 7 December 2020 shortly after being re-elected as Mayor of Vitória da Conquista. He was then hospitalized and transferred to São Paulo, where he died on 18 March 2021 at the age of 72.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prefeito de Vitória da Conquista, Herzem Gusmão, morre aos 72 anos por complicações da Covid-19. 18 March 2021. G1. Portuguese.
2. Web site: Vitória da Conquista BA. UOL. Portuguese.
3. Web site: Gabinete Civil. Prefeitura Vitória da Conquista. Portuguese.
4. Web site: Dep. Herzem Gusmao. Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Bahia. Portuguese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170819015559/http://www.al.ba.gov.br/deputados/Deputados-Interna.php?id=778. 19 August 2017.
5. Web site: Morre Herzem Gusmão, prefeito de Vitória da Conquista, vítima de covid-19. 18 March 2021. Correio. Portuguese.