Carlos Bezerra

Brazilian lawyer, sociologist and politician

Carlos Bezerra


Federal Deputy for Mato Grosso
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2007
In office 1 February 1979 – 1 January 1983
Senator for Mato Grosso
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 February 2003
Mayor of Rondonópolis
In office 1 January 1993 – 28 March 1994
Preceded by	Hermínio Barreto
Succeeded by	Rogério Salles
In office 1 February 1983 – 4 April 1986
Preceded by	Walter de Souza Ulisséia
Succeeded by	Fausto de Souza Faria
Governor of Mato Grosso
In office 15 March 1987 – 2 April 1990
Preceded by	Wilmar Peres de Faria [pt]
Succeeded by	Edison de Oliveira
State Deputy from Mato Grosso
In office 1 February 1975 – 1 February 1979

Personal details
Born	(1941-11-04) 4 November 1941 (age 82) Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Political party	PTB (1957–1966) MDB (1966–1979) PMDB (1980–present)
Spouse(s)	Vera Bezerra (divorced) Tetê Bezerra [pt]
Alma mater	Federal University of Mato Grosso

Carlos Gomes Bezerra (born 4 November 1941) is a Brazilian lawyer, sociologist and politician who is a federal deputy from the state of Mato Grosso. Before this, he was a state deputy, governor of the state, and mayor of the city of Rondonópolis.^[1] He is currently affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

Biography

Bezerra is the son of Aarão Gomes Bezerra and Celina Fialho Bezerra. He began his political career in student movements and in 1957 founded the Associação Cuiabana de Estudantes Secundários, becoming its president. A lawyer that graduated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, he became affiliated with the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) before the establishment of the military dictatorship. After the dictatorship enforced a two-party system in government, he switched his affiliation to the MDB and became a state deputy in 1974, later becoming a federal deputy in 1978, staying with the MDB as it became the PMDB after the reintroduction of a multi-party system in 1980.^[2]

Bezerra was elected mayor of Rondonópolis in 1982, but resigned from the position in 1986 to become governor of Mato Grosso. He resigned from that position as well in 1990 to run for the senate, being defeated by Jayme Campos. He was succeeded as governor by Edison de Oliveira. He became mayor of Rondonópolis again in 1992, but once again resigned from the mayoralty in 1994 after he was elected senator, winning against Antero Paes de Barros [pt]. He lost reelection in 2002. Afterwards, he once again became a federal deputy, first being elected in 2006.^[3]

In 2002, he was awarded the Commander class of the Order of Military Merit by then-president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.^[4] In 2004, he was nominated to be president of the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS).^[5]^[6]

Bezerra voted in favor of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. He later voted against a similar inquiry towards the impeachment of Michel Temer.^[7] In the same term, he voted in favor of both the New Fiscal Regime and the 2017 labor reforms.^[8]^[9]

Bezerra's current wife, Tetê Bezerra [pt], is a politician who also served as a federal and state deputy in Mato Grosso. She ran as the vice-governor pick for Lúdio Cabral [pt] in the 2014 Mato Grosso gubernatorial election.^[10] They lost to the ticket led by Pedro Taques.

References

^ "Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil: deputado Carlos Bezerra". Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Mato Grosso". Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Banco de dados do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral: estado de Mato Grosso". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Decree by Fernando Henrique Cardoso". 3 April 2002.
^ "INSS tem novo diretor-presidente". Agência Brasil. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ Rangel, Adriane (3 June 2004). "Carlos Bezerra quer modernizar INSS". Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Mato Grosso. Retrieved 25 August 2023.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital. Deutsche Welle. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer". G1. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Candidatos lançados em MT vão concorrer pela 1ª vez ao governo". G1. Retrieved 25 August 2023.