Delcídio do Amaral
Delcídio do Amaral | |
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| Senator for Mato Grosso do Sul | |
| In office February 1, 2003 – May 10, 2016 | |
| State Secretary of Infrastructure and Housing of Mato Grosso do Sul | |
| In office October 24, 2001 – April 4, 2002 | |
| Governor | José Miranda dos Santos |
| Preceded by | Vander Loubet |
| Succeeded by | Maurício Gomes de Arruda |
| Minister of Mines and Energy Acting | |
| In office September 21, 1994 – January 1, 1995 | |
| President | Itamar Franco |
| Preceded by | Alexis Stepanenko |
| Succeeded by | Raimundo Mendes de Brito |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Delcídio do Amaral Gomez February 8, 1955 Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
| Political party | PTB (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Profession | Electric engineer, politician |
Delcídio do Amaral Gomez (born February 2, 1955) is a Brazilian politician. He worked at Shell and was nominated to Petrobras's Internacional Directory by president Fernando Henrique Cardoso where he worked until 2001 when he left Petrobras and start his relation with the Workers'Party [1]. Before his relation with Workers' party, Delcidio indicated a new director to Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Nestor Cervero. He represented Mato Grosso do Sul in the Federal Senate from 2003 to 2016 and before he was removed from office, he was the high-representative of the Workers' Party in the Brazilian Senate.[1] He was the speaker of his party in the Senate and the head of the Senate's economic affairs committee.[2] Amaral was arrested in November 2015 for allegedly taking kickbacks from Petrobras. A Supreme Court judge, Teori Zavascki, said he authorised the arrest after seeing evidence that Amaral had planned the flight of Petrobras's former international director, Nestor Cerveró, in return for his silence. Ceveró was convicted of money laundering and sentenced to five years in prison.[3]
On March 16, 2016 Amaral signed a plea bargain alleging involvement of other politicians in corruption scandals in Brazil. On May 10, 2016 the Senate approved by 74 votes in favor, the removal of Mr. Amaral from office for breaching parliamentary decorum.[2][4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Senador Delcidio do Amaral". Federal Senate. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "Senior Brazilian senator and billionaire CEO both arrested for corruption". The Guardian. Reuters. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Luciana Magalhaes; Will Connors (May 26, 2015). "Former Petrobras Executive Sentenced to Five Years in Prison: Nestor Cerveró sentence is most severe punishment yet in corruption scandal". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "Confira a íntegra do depoimento de Delcídio". 28 November 2015.
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