Régis de Oliveira (born September 19, 1944) is a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician. He was mayor of

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from May 26 to June 13, 2000. A magistrate in the São Paulo state court, he was elected a federal deputy for

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in 1994. In 1996 he was elected deputy-mayor of São Paulo for the

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, along with mayor

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. In 2000, while a member of the National Mobilization Party, he succeeded to the mayoralty when the São Paulo state court sentenced Pitta to the loss of his office, due to corruption charges stemming from an irregular loan given to him by businessman Jorge Yunes. Appealing the court's decision, Pitta was allowed 18 days later to return to office, pending the outcome of the appeal, and Régis de Oliveira resumed his post as deputy-mayor. He is now a chaired professor of finance law at the

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law school. In 2007, he was again elected federal deputy with a term ending in 2011, now for the Social Christian Party.

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1944 births Living people Mayors of São Paulo Academic staff of the University of São Paulo People from Monte Aprazível Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Democrats (Brazil) politicians Party of National Mobilization politicians Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians {{Brazil-mayor-stub