Eduardo Benedito Lopes (born 19 September 1964, in Santo André) is a Brazilian politician and a member of the

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(PRB). He served as Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture in the government of

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. Lopes was elected in 2010 as the first surrogate of senator

Marcelo Crivella Marcelo Bezerra Crivella (; born 9 October 1957) is a Brazilian Evangelical pastor, gospel singer and politician. He served as the Mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020. In the 2020 Rio de Janeiro mayora ...

. Due to Crivella's resignation to assume the office of mayor of

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, Eduardo assumed the office as permanent senator. He is an

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and a member of the Pentecostal movement the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD).

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, - 1964 births Living people People from Santo André, São Paulo Republicans (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Brazilian Pentecostals Brazilian evangelicals Government ministers of Brazil {{Brazil-politician-stub