List of assassinated Brazilian politicians

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This is a list of assassinated Brazilian politicians

DateVictimOfficeLocationAttackerNotes
18975 November Carlos Machado de Bittencourt  [ PT ] Minister of War Rio de Janeiro, Federal District of Brazil, Brazil Marcelino Bispo de Melo  [ PT ]See Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais
190811 August José Plácido de Castro Former President of the Republic of Acre São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Unknown
19158 September Pinheiro Machado Senator for Rio Grande do Sul and Vice President of the Federal Senate Rio de Janeiro, Federal District of Brazil, Brazil Manso de Paiva  [ PT ]
19291 July Juquinha Gomes Duarte  [ PT ]Mayor of Bauru, São Paulo Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil Moacir de Almeida
192926 December Manuel Francisco de Sousa Filho  [ PT ] Federal Deputy for Pernambuco Rio de Janeiro, Federal District of Brazil, Brazil Ildefonso Simões Lopes  [ PT ]
193026 July João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque Governor of Paraíba Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil João Duarte Dantas
197121 or 22 January Rubens Paiva Former Federal Deputy for São Paulo Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil Unknown
197325 December Maurício Grabois Former Federal Deputy for the Federal District of Brazil Xambioá, Goiás, Brazil Unknown
199217 May Edmundo Pinto Governor of Acre São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Unknown
200110 September Antonio da Costa Santos Mayor of Campinas, São Paulo Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Unknown
20018 November Aguinaldo Pereira da Silva Mayor of Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Disputed
200218 January Celso Daniel Mayor of Santo André, São Paulo Juquitiba, São Paulo, Brazil Unknown
20022 June Lídia Menezes Vice Mayor of Magé, Rio de Janeiro Magé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Unknown [1]
201010 December Walderi Braz Paschoalin  [ PT ]Mayor of Jandira, São Paulo Jandira, São Paulo, Brazil Unknown
201628 September José Gomes da Rocha  [ PT ]Former Mayor of Itumbiara, São Paulo, and mayoral candidate Itumbiara, São Paulo, Brazil Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral
201814 March Marielle Franco City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ronald Paulo Alves Pereira and Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega [2] [3]
201826 December Gerson Camata Former Governor of Espírito Santo Vitória, Espírito Santo Marcos Vinícius Moreira Andrade [4]

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