Humberto Ivar Araújo Coutinho (August 21, 1946 – January 1, 2018) was a Brazilian physician and politician. Coutinho served as the President of the

Legislative Assembly of Maranhão The Legislative Assembly of Maranhão ( pt, Assembleia Legislativa do Maranhão) is the unicameral legislature of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The assembly, which is seated in the state capital of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, is compose ...

from 2015 until his

death in office A death in office is the death of a person who was incumbent of an office-position until the time of death. Such deaths have been usually due to natural causes, but they are also caused by accidents, suicides, disease and assassinations. The death ...

on January 1, 2018. Coutinho, a doctor by profession, began his political career as an elected Caxias city councilor in 1988. He was elected to the

five times: 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. He was elected Mayor of Caxias in 2004 and won re-election in 2008. Coutinho was once again elected to the state Legislative Assembly in 2014. He served as the President of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão from 2015 until his death on January 1, 2018. Coutinho died in Caxias on January 1, 2018, at the age of 71 following a four-year battle with intestinal cancer. The Maranhão state government declared three days of official mourning. Othelino Neto became the interim President of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão following Coutinho's death.

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