Guilherme Uchoa (April 22, 1947 – July 3, 2018) was a Brazilian politician and former judge. Uchoa served as the President of the

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for six consecutive terms until his

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in 2018. He was first elected to the state Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco in 1994. Uchoa was born in the city of

Timbaúba Timbaúba is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, it has an estimated population of 52,802 inhabitants as of 2020. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * ...

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, on April 22, 1947. He received a law degree from the

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in Recife and also held a history degree from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters in

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. Uchoa first worked as a clerk for the police. He then served as a Pernambuca state judge from April 15, 1985, until March 31, 1992, before entering politics in the early 1990s. In 1994, Guilherme Uchoa was elected to his first term in the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco. Uchoa served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco for six consecutive terms until his death in 2018. He was a close ally of former

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Eduardo Campos Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (10 August 1965 – 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Camp ...

(

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), who died in a 2014 plane crash, and Campos' successor, incumbent Governor

Paulo Câmara Paulo Henrique Saraiva Câmara (born August 8, 1972, in Recife) is a Brazilian politician who served as governor of Pernambuco from 2015 to 2023. He became Governor of Pernambuco on January 1, 2015. Political career In 2014, he was elected gov ...

(PBS). Uchoa, who was particularly close with Campos, helped to shepherd much of Campos' and Câmara's legislation through the state assembly. A longtime member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), Uchoa has recently joined the Social Christian Party (PSC) in 2018 to run for re-election. Uchoa was hospitalized with

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on Sunday, July 1, 2018. He died from the illness at in

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on July 3, 2018, at the age of 71. He was survived by his wife, two children, and six grandchildren. Pernambuco Governor

declared five days of official mourning following Uchoa's death. A public viewing was held at the state Legislative Assembly building in Recife. Uchoa was buried at a cemetery in the city of Igarassu.

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