Eduardo Braga | |
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Minister of Mines and Energy |
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In office January 1, 2015 – May 12, 2016 |
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President | Dilma Rousseff |
Succeeded by | Fernando Coelho Filho |
Member of the Federal Senate from Amazonas |
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Assumed office February 1, 2011 |
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45th Governor of Amazonas |
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In office January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Amazonino Mendes |
Succeeded by | Omar Aziz |
Personal details | |
Born | December 6, 1960 Belem, Pará, Brazil |
Political party | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Braga (born December 6, 1960) is a Brazilian politician, businessman, current Minister of Mines and Energy and former senator representing the state of Amazonas. Better known as Eduardo Braga, he was a councilman in Manaus (1981–1985), state deputy (1987–1991), representative (1991–1993), vice-mayor (1993–1994) and mayor (1994–1997). He campaigned for the government of Amazonas in 1998 and for the city hall of Manaus 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 Minister of Mines and Energy in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff.
He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).