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Robert de Almendra Freitas

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Robert de Almendra Freitas
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Piauí
In office
1987–2003
Mayor of José de Freitas
In office
2005–2010
Preceded byPedro Paulo Macedo da Rocha
Succeeded byRicardo Silva Camarço
Personal details
Born16 November 1947
José de Freitas, Piauí, Brazil
Died5 April 2021(2021-04-05) (aged 73)
Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
Political partyDEM
PSDB

Robert de Almendra Freitas 16 November 1947 – 5 April 2021) was a Brazilian doctor and politician.[1]

Biography

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The son of Ferdinand Carvalho de Almendra Freitas and Maria de Jesus Carvalho de Almendra Freitas, Robert worked as an orthopedist at the Hospital Getúlio Vargas [pt] in Teresina and was Piauí's Regional Secretary of Social Medicine for the Sistema Único de Saúde. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Piauí for the Democrats from 1987 to 2003, being re-elected in 1990, 1994, and 1998. He was elected Mayor of José de Freitas in 2004 [pt] and re-elected in 2008. However, he was impeached and forced to leave office in 2010.[2]

Robert de Almendra Freitas died of COVID-19 in Teresina on 5 April 2021, at the age of 73.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-prefeito Robert Freitas morre aos 73 anos por complicações da Covid-19". Cidade Verde (in Portuguese). 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Repositório de dados eleitorais". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ^ "Ex-deputado Robert Freitas morre aos 73 anos vítima de Covid-19 no Piauí". G1 (in Portuguese). 5 April 2021.