Ulysses Guimarães

Ulysses Guimarães
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
28 February 1985  15 February 1989
Preceded byFlávio Marcílio
Succeeded byPaes de Andrade
In office
11 March 1956  11 March 1958
Preceded byFlores da Cunha
Succeeded byRanieri Mazzilli
Minister of Industry and Trade
In office
8 September 1961  18 September 1962
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byArtur Bernardes Filho
Succeeded byDias Carneiro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 June 1962  12 October 1992
ConstituencySão Paulo
In office
11 March 1951  11 September 1961
ConstituencySão Paulo
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
14 March 1947  11 March 1951
ConstituencyAt-large
Born
Ulysses Silveira Guimarães

(1916-10-06)6 October 1916
Disappeared12 October 1992 (aged 76)
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
StatusMissing for 32 years, 8 months and 6 days; declared dead in absentia on 12 October 1992(1992-10-12) (aged 76)
Alma materLaw School, University of São Paulo (BSS)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician, professor
Political party
  • PSD (1947–1965)
  • MDB (1965–1979)
  • PMDB (1979–1992)
SpouseIda de Almeida Guimarães
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Ulysses Silveira Guimarães (Portuguese pronunciation: [uˈlisis siwˈvejɾɐ ɡimɐˈɾɐ̃js] 6 October 1916 – 12 October 1992) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer who played an important role in opposing the military dictatorship in Brazil and in the fight to restore democracy in the country. He died in a helicopter accident by the shore near Angra dos Reis, in the south of Rio de Janeiro state.