Marcelo Miranda Soares (born 1 December 1938) is a Brazilian politician, affiliated with the

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party The Brazilian Democratic Movement ( pt, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, ...

(PMDB). In 1976 he was elected mayor of Campo Grande. In 1979 he was named

governor of Mato Grosso do Sul The Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul ( pt, Governador do Mato Grosso do Sul) is the head of government of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It is a public position chosen through the two-round majority electoral system. If a candidate re ...

, staying in the position until the following year. In 1982 he was elected senator. In 1986 he was elected

. He was superintendent of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure in Mato Grosso do Sul, between 2003 and 2012 , when he was fired for not "observing the legal and regulatory norms" and "bringing to the attention of the higher authority the irregularities that he was aware of due to the cargo", after an investigation showed a change in quantities measured on road sections in conservation and maintenance contracts with contractors, which would have caused, according to the investigation, damage to public coffers.

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{{Governors of Mato Grosso do Sul Governors of Mato Grosso do Sul Brazilian politicians