Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Braga (born December 6, 1960) is a Brazilian politician and businessman, currently a republic senator from Amazonas.
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
Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, w ...
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.
On January 1, 2015, he was named
Minister of Mines and Energy in the cabinet of
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the ...
.
Ministério de Minas e Energia
He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement
The Brazilian Democratic Movement (, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, with the most numbers of senators, ...
(MDB).
See also
* List of mayors of Manaus
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Manaus, in Amazonas state, Brazil.
List
* , 1890
* José Carlos da Silva Telles, 1890-1891
* , 1891
* Leonardo Antônio Malcher, 1891
* Raimundo Pinto Brandão, 1891-1892
* Manoel Antônio Gr ...
* Benjamin Constant Bridge
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Living people
1960 births
People from Belém
Governors of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Mayors of Manaus
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Amazonas
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas
Federal University of Amazonas alumni
Energy ministers of Brazil
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