José Melo de Oliveira

José Melo de Oliveira
José Melo de Oliveira
47th Governor of Amazonas
	In office; April 4, 2014 – May 9, 2017
Vice Governor	Henrique Oliveira
Preceded by	Omar Aziz
Succeeded by	David Almeida; May 9, 2017 – Oct 4, 2017 (provisional)[1]; Amazonino Mendes
Vice Governor of Amazonas
	In office; March 31, 2010 – April 4, 2014
Governor	Omar Aziz
Preceded by	Omar Aziz
Succeeded by	Henrique Oliveira
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1946; Ipixuna, Amazonas, Brazil
Political party	Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)

José Melo de Oliveira (born September 26, 1946) is a Brazilian politician and was governor of state of Amazonas, Brazil.[2][3][4]

Melo graduated with a degree in economics from the Federal University of Amazonas in 1967. He began public life while still at the university, where he served in various roles, including as a typist, director of the Department of Education and Sports, Subrector for Academic Affairs, and as a member of the University Council. Later, he worked as a teacher of history at Estelita Tapajós High School in Manaus. He also taught at the former Federal Technical School of Amazonas, and was a professor at the Federal University of Amazonas between 1970 and 1984. He won the election for Governor of the state of Amazonas in 2014 as a member of the Republican Party of the Social Order. His predecessor in the role, Omar Aziz, instead ran for a position in the Senate in the 2014 general elections.

References

"TSE cassa governador do Amazonas e determina nova eleição para o cargo". www.tse.jus.br (in Portuguese). In english [TSE removes Governor of the Amazonas and determines a new election for the Office.] — Constitutionally, after the impeachment of Governor and Vice-governor, who took is the President of the Legislative Assembly of the State, in this case David Almeida.
"Regional Electoral Court, section Amazonas". justicaeleitoral.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
"Visualizador de log da urna – Eleições 2014 — Tribunal Superior Eleitoral | Log viewer the urn– Elections 2014". tse.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
"Document of accountability". justicaeleitoral.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

Political offices
Preceded by Omar Aziz	Governor of Amazonas 2014–2017	Succeeded by David Almeida (interim)

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[Almeida-1] "TSE cassa governador do Amazonas e determina nova eleição para o cargo". www.tse.jus.br (in Portuguese). In english [TSE removes Governor of the Amazonas and determines a new election for the Office.] — Constitutionally, after the impeachment of Governor and Vice-governor, who took is the President of the Legislative Assembly of the State, in this case David Almeida.

[justicaeleitoral-2] "Regional Electoral Court, section Amazonas". justicaeleitoral.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[tse-3] "Visualizador de log da urna – Eleições 2014 — Tribunal Superior Eleitoral | Log viewer the urn– Elections 2014". tse.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[justicaeleitoral2-4] "Document of accountability". justicaeleitoral.jus.br. Retrieved 7 September 2016.