Dante de Oliveira

Dante de Oliveira
Governor of Mato Grosso
In office
1 January 1995 – 6 April 2002
Preceded byJayme Campos
Succeeded byRogério Salles
Mayor of Cuiabá
In office
1 January 1993 – 31 March 1994
Preceded byFrederico Campos
Succeeded byJosé Meirelles
In office
4 June 1987 – 1 June 1989
Preceded byEstevão Torquato da Silva [pt]
Succeeded byFrederico Campos
In office
1 January 1986 – 28 May 1986
Preceded byAlfredo Ferreira da Silva
Succeeded byEstevão Torquato da Silva
Minister of Reforms and Agrarian Development
In office
28 May 1986 – 2 June 1987
PresidentJosé Sarney
Preceded byNélson de Figueiredo Ribeiro [pt]
Succeeded byMarcos Freire [pt]
Federal Deputy from Mato Grosso
In office
1 February 1983 – 1 January 1986
State Deputy from Mato Grosso
In office
1 February 1979 – 1 February 1983
Personal details
Born(1952-02-06)6 February 1952
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Died6 July 2006(2006-07-06) (aged 54)
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Political partyMDB (1976–1979)
PMDB (1980–1990)
PDT (1990–1997)
PSDB (1997–2006)
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro

Dante Martins de Oliveira (6 February 1952 – 6 July 2006) was a Brazilian politician who was the governor of Mato Grosso state and the mayor of Mato Grosso's capital, Cuiabá, for three terms. He was also a federal deputy who became the Minister of Agrarian Development under president José Sarney from 1986 to 1987. He is well known for his work with the Diretas Já movement, which fought for the direct election of presidents in Brazil.[1] As a federal deputy, he became most well known for proposing a constitutional amendment that would have mandated for direct presidential elections, the Dante de Oliveira Amendment.[2]

  1. ^ "A nação frustrada!" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 26 April 1984. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ Kapa, Raphael (20 April 2014). "Dante de Oliveira: de desconhecido a símbolo". O Globo. Retrieved 26 July 2023.