Amazonino Mendes

Amazonino Mendes
Amazonino Mendes in 2017
41st, 44th and 48th Governor of Amazonas
In office October 4, 2017 – December 31, 2018
Vice Governor	Bosco Saraiva
Preceded by	David Almeida (acting)
Succeeded by	Wilson Lima
In office January 1, 1995 – December 31, 2002
Preceded by	Gilberto Mestrinho
Succeeded by	Eduardo Braga
In office March 15, 1987 – April 2, 1990
Preceded by	Gilberto Mestrinho
Succeeded by	Vivaldo Frota
Mayor of Manaus
In office January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012
Preceded by	Serafim Corrêa
Succeeded by	Arthur Virgílio Neto
Personal details
Born	November 16, 1939 Eirunepé, Amazonas
Political party	MDB (1983-1988) PDC (1988-1993) PPR (1993-1994) PP (1994-1996) PFL (1985–2007) DEM (2007–2008) PTB (2008–2011) PDT (2011–2020) PODE (2020-present)

Amazonino Armando Mendes (born November 16, 1939 in Eirunepé, Amazonas) is a Brazilian politician. He served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas for three non-consecutive tenures. He first served as governor from 1987 until April 2, 1990, when he resigned from office to run for the Federal Senate. He was elected governor in 1995, serving from 1995 until 2003. In 2017, Mendes was elected Governor of Amazonas succeeding David Almeida, who assumed as interim following the Superior Electoral Court impeachment of former Governor José Melo and former Vice Governor Henrique Oliveira. As a result, the president of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas State assumed until the elections were held on the 6th and 27th of August.

See also

• List of mayors of Manaus