Eduardo Lopes (politician)

Eduardo Lopes
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Lopes in 2017
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 January 2017
In office
6 June 2016 – 30 September 2016
In office
6 March 2012 – 14 March 2014
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture
In office
17 March 2014 – 1 January 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMarcelo Crivella
Succeeded byHelder Barbalho
Personal details
Born
Eduardo Benedito Lopes

(1964-09-19) 19 September 1964 (age 55)
Santo André, SP, Brazil
Political partyPSB (2006–2010)
PRB (2010–present)
Spouse(s)Rosana Lopes
OccupationRadio broadcaster

Eduardo Benedito Lopes (born 19 September 1964 in Santo André) is a Brazilian politician and a member of the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB). He served as Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture in the government of Dilma Rousseff.[1]

Lopes was elected in 2010 as the first surrogate of senator Marcelo Crivella. Due to Crivella's resignation to assume the office of mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo assumed the office as permanent senator.

He is an evangelical and a member of the Pentecostal movement the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD).[2]

References

  1. ^ Fernanda Calgaro (17 March 2014). "Novo ministro da Pesca segue antecessor e admite não saber pescar" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Suplente de Crivella é como ele: bispo da Universal e ex-ministro de Dilma" (in Portuguese). Alexandre Aragão. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by
Marcelo Crivella
Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Helder Barbalho

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