Ottomar Pinto

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Ottomar Pinto
Romero Jucá Filho (1991)
Francisco Flamarion Portela (2004)
Succeeded byNeudo Ribeiro Campos (1995)
José de Anchieta Júnior (2007)
Personal details
BornJanuary 19, 1931
Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
DiedDecember 11, 2007 (aged 76)
Brasília, Brazil
Political partyBrazilian Social Democracy Party
SpouseMarluce Pinto

Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (January 19, 1931 – December 11, 2007

Governor of the state of Roraima from November 2004 until his death in December 2007. He was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party
.

Education and aeronautics work

He was born in Petrolina, Pernambuco. He was a brigadier in the Brazilian Air Force.[2]

He studied in Petrolina and

Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), also in Rio.[2]

Pinto undertook activities related to the construction, reform, and enlargement of some of the most important airports in Brazil. He led the Comissão de Aeroportos da Região Amazônica (Comara).[2]

He died in Brasília.

Politics

In 1979 he was appointed as governor of the then-federal territory of

deputy from 1986 to 1990, jointly with his wife, Marluce Pinto.[3]

When Roraima did become a state, he became its first elected governor in 1991, serving until 1995. Afterwards, he served as mayor of

Supreme Electoral Court relieved Portela of his duties amid corruption scandals, and made Pinto governor.[2] He won a bid for reelection in 2006, where he received 62.40% of valid votes, or 116,542, over Romero Jucá (PMDB) with 30,64%.[4]

His widow, Marluce Pinto, is a member of the

Senate of Brazil. Two of his daughters are also politicians, Otília Pinto is mayor of Rorainópolis
and Marília Pinto is a state deputy.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tiago Pariz. "Lula lamenta morte de Ottomar Pinto". Rede Globo. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
  2. ^
    Terra
    News. October 1, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  3. ^ "Governador: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto". Government of the state of Roraima. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  4. Terra
    News. October 1, 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

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Preceded by Governor of the Federal Territory of Roraima
1979 - 1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Roraima
1991 - 1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Roraima
2004 - 2007
Succeeded by