Eunício Lopes de Oliveira (born 30 September 1952) is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He has represented

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in the

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since 2011 and became president of the

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on 1 February 2017. Previously, he was a federal congressman representing Ceará from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the

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. He was candidate running for Governor of Ceará in 2014. He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.

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