Ulysses Guimarães

Ulysses Guimarães
Ulysses Guimarães
President of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 28 February 1985 – 15 February 1989
Preceded by	Flávio Marcílio
Succeeded by	Paes de Andrade
	In office; 11 March 1956 – 11 March 1958
Preceded by	Flores da Cunha
Succeeded by	Ranieri Mazzilli
Minister of Industry and Trade
	In office; 8 September 1961 – 18 September 1962
President	João Goulart
Preceded by	Artur Bernardes Filho
Succeeded by	Dias Carneiro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 26 June 1962 – 12 October 1992
Constituency	São Paulo
	In office; 11 March 1951 – 11 September 1961
Constituency	São Paulo
State Deputy of São Paulo
	In office; 14 March 1947 – 11 March 1951
Constituency	At-large
Born	Ulysses Silveira Guimarães; 6 October 1916; Itirapina, São Paulo, Brazil
Disappeared	12 October 1992 (aged 76); Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Status	Missing for 33 years, 5 months and 3 days; declared dead in absentia on 12 October 1992 (aged 76)
Alma mater	Law School, University of São Paulo (BSS)
Occupations	Lawyer, politician, professor
Political party	PSD (1947–1965); MDB (1965–1979); PMDB (1979–1992);
Spouse	Ida 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.