Maria do Carmo do Nascimento Alves (23 August 1941 – 31 August 2024) was a Brazilian politician. She represented

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region along the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geogra ...

in the Federal Senate from 1999 to 2023. She was a member of

Progressistas Progressistas (; PP) is a centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party, it emerged from parties that were successors to National Renewal Alliance, ARENA, the ruling p ...

(PP). She voted in favor of impeaching

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 ...

.Ricardo Franco deixa o Senado e Maria do Carmo reassume na terça
/ref> Alves died from pancreatic cancer on 31 August 2024, at the age of 83.Maria do Carmo Alves, primeira senadora eleita por Sergipe, morre aos 83 anos em Aracaju

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, - 1941 births 2024 deaths Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Democrats (Brazil) politicians Brazil Union politicians People from Sergipe Progressistas politicians Federal University of Sergipe alumni Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Brazil Deaths from cancer in Sergipe {{Brazil-Senator-stub