Jorge Kalume (3 December 1920 – 26 October 2010) was a Brazilian politician. Jorge Kalume was born on 3 December 1920 in

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

, a city in the Brazilian

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. He was governor of

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from 1966 to 1971, during the military regime. He served as

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for Acre from 1979 to 1987. He died of bowel cancer in

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on 26 October 2010.

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Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) People from Belém 1920 births 2010 deaths Governors of Acre (state) Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in Federal District (Brazil) {{Brazil-politician-stub

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