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Eduardo Campos
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![]() Eduardo Campos in March 2013
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Governor of Pernambuco | |
In office 1 January 2007 – 4 April 2014 |
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Vice Governor | João Lyra Neto |
Preceded by | Mendonça Filho |
Succeeded by | João Lyra Neto |
Minister of Science and Technology | |
In office 23 January 2004 – 18 July 2005 |
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President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Roberto Amaral |
Succeeded by | Sérgio Machado Rezende |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Pernambuco |
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In office 1 January 1995 – 23 January 2004 |
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In office 18 July 2005 – 1 January 2007 |
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Constituency | Proportional representation |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco |
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In office 1 January 1991 – 1 January 1995 |
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Constituency | Proportional representation |
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Born | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
10 August 1965
Died | 13 August 2014 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil |
(aged 49)
Political party | Socialist Party |
Alma mater | Federal University of Pernambuco |
Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (Recife, 10 August 1965 – Santos, 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian economist and politician. He was the Leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party – Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB). In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his name for the Brazilian Presidential election, naming Marina Silva as vice president.
He was a State Deputy, Federal Deputy, Secretary of Finance of Pernambuco and Minister of Science and Technology. He was the Governor of Pernambuco, between 2007 and 2014, and was, at the time of his death, the President of PSB.
Campos died in 13 August 2014 in an airplane crash at the coastal town of Santos (state of São Paulo).
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