Sérgio Olímpio Gomes (20 March 1962 – 18 March 2021), best known as Major Olímpio, was a Brazilian police officer and politician, member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He was a state deputy for

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, and leader of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) during his term in the

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(ALESP). In the

2014 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president, the National Congress, and state governorships.

, he was elected federal deputy for São Paulo. In 2018 he was elected to the

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Biography

Sérgio Olímpio Gomes, a native of

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, was a former president of the Paulista Association of Officials of the Military Police of São Paulo State. As an official, he was in office for 29 years. He received a bachelor's degree in judicial and social sciences. He has worked as a journalist, physical education teacher, technician in self-defense, shooting instructor and author of books focused in security issues. In 2006, he was elected state deputy with 52,386 votes, being re-elected in 2010 with 135,409 votes. In 2015, he started his first term as federal deputy after being elected in the 2014 elections with 179,196 votes. In 2006, he joined the

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, ran for state deputy and was elected. In 2010, Olímpio joined the Democratic Labour Party and was re-elected state deputy. He later announced his candidacy for the government of

in the

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, but withdrew and launched candidacy for the federal

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. In June 2013, Olímpio criticized the mayor of

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(PT) and the governor of

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(PSDB) for their posture facing the general protests, stating that both should be more focused in the next year's elections than with the violence and that they "lacked firm wrist". Olímpio was leader of the PDT in the Legislative Assembly, which he left to take office in the

. In 2015, Olímpio took office in his first term as federal deputy, having been elected in

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with 179,196 votes. In November 2015, he left PDT and joined the newly created

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(PMB). In March 2016, he joined

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. During the swearing-in of former

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Lula as

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, on 17 March 2016, Olímpio shouted "Shame!", being hostilized by the guests and removed from the location by security guards. Olímpio was the candidate to the Prefecture of São Paulo in the 2016 election as a member of

. He received 116,870 votes. Olímpio voted in favor of the

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in 2016. During the government of

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, he voted against the "Ceiling" of Public Spending Bill. In April 2017, he was against the Labour Reform. In August and October 2017, Olímpio supported a request to open an investigation against president

. He was a

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. Olímpio died of

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on 18 March 2021 during the

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. He became the third Senator to die of COVID after

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(PSD-RJ) in October and

José Maranhão José Targino Maranhão (6 September 1933 – 8 February 2021) was a Brazilian politician who served as governor and senator of Paraíba. He was the son of Benjamim Gomes Maranhão, ex-mayor of Araruna, Paraíba and Dona Benedita Targino Mar ...

(MDB-PB) in February.

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