{"id":1810,"date":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:17:16","slug":"gerson-dos-santos-peres-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1810","title":{"rendered":"Gerson dos Santos Peres, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gerson dos Santos Peres a Brazilian politician, lawyer and journalist from the state of Par\u00e1 died in Bel\u00e9m from COVID-19.\r<\/p>

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Gerson Peres was a lawyer by formation after finishing his law degree at Federal University of Par\u00e1, however outside of his political career he worked mostly as a journalists, employed by well known local newspapers such as O Liberal and A Prov\u00edncia do Par\u00e1.\r<\/p>

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As a politician, his first public position was as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Par\u00e1, which he held from 1955 to 1979.\r<\/p>

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In 1978, Peres was indirectly elected Vice Governor of Par\u00e1, took office in 1979 and finished his tenure in 1983.\r<\/p>

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In 1982, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies representing his birth state of Par\u00e1 and after 4 consecutive successful reelections he remained a deputy until the end of his tenure in 2003.\r<\/p>

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In 2002, Peres chose not to seek reelection as a deputy and instead opted to run for a seat in the Brazilian Senate at the 2002 Brazilian general elections. This time his attempt was unsuccessful.\r<\/p>

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After his failure to secure a seat at the Brazilian Senate, he was once again elected member of the Chamber of Deputies. Remained at the Brazilian lower house from 2007 to 2011 and that was his last political position.\r<\/p>

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