Eduardo Braga | |
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| Senator for Amazonas | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2011 | |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Minister of Mines and Energy | |
| In office January 1, 2015 – April 21, 2016 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Edison Lobão |
| Succeeded by | Marco Antônio Martins Almeida |
| 45th Governor of Amazonas | |
| In office January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Amazonino Mendes |
| Succeeded by | Omar Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 6, 1960 Belém, Pará, Brazil |
| Political 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).
- ^ "Eduardo Braga's page on Brazilian Senate site".
- ^ "Over 500 top leaders to gather in Cancun, Mexico". Mexico: World Economic Forum. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ministério de Minas e Energia (in Portuguese)