Eunício Lopes de Oliveira (born 30 September 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He represent Ceará in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil since February 2023. Previously, he was a federal congressman representing Ceará from 1999 to 2011 and Federal Senator representing the state from 2011 to 2019, becoming president of the Senate of Brazil from 1 February 2017 to 2019.[1]
He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.[2] He was candidate running for Governor of Ceará in 2014.
He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.[citation needed].[3] In a plea bargain, Eunício was accused of having received two million reais in bribes from the Odebrecht Organization (now Novonor).[4]
References
- ^ "Eunício Oliveira é eleito presidente do Senado para os próximos dois anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Senador Eunício Oliveira". Federal Senate. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Eunício recebeu R$ 5 milhões por MP e depois traiu JBS, diz delator". O Globo. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Delação da Odebrecht: Eunício é suspeito de receber R$ 2 milhões da construtora". G1. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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