Brazilian University of Juridical Sciences of Rio de Janeiro
Hermas Eurides Brandão (born 5 May 1943)[1] is a Brazilian lawyer, notary,[2] businessman and politician.[3][4]
He briefly served as the interim governor of the state of Paraná, from 4 September to 31 December 2006, when the then-governor, Roberto Requião, briefly stepped down. Prior to the position, he was also a state secretary, state deputy, and the mayor of the town of Andirá.
Biography
Born on 5 May 1945 in Campinas, Brandão is the son of Eurides Fioravante Brandão and Ercília Fioravante Brandão. His father was also a notary[5] and was a councilman in Andirá.[6] Hermas married Ana Maria Martins, and together they had three children: Ana Cristina, Carla,[7] and Hermas Eurides Brandão Júnior, who also became a state deputy.[8] He is also the grandfather of former state deputy Evandro Junior.[9][10][11]
Having graduated with a law degree from the Brazilian University of Juridical Sciences of Rio de Janeiro, he is active in the agricultural industry. He was a local clerk as a notary with the Real Estate Registry of the District of Andirá. He resigned from both the position and the political party he was a member of for some years when he, in 2007, became an advisor to the Court of Accounts of the state of Paraná (TCE).[12]
Brandão began his political career in the 1970s, when he became the mayor of Andirá in 1977, a position he would remain in until 1982.[3][13] In 1983, he became a state deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (ALEP). He was in that position until 2002.[3]
He was the state Secretary of Agriculture and Supplies from 1995 to 1998. He also was the vice-president of the legislative assembly from 1993 to 1994, and in 2000 was elected president of the Legislative Assembly, a position he held until 2006.[3] In September 2006, governor Roberto Requião and his vice-governor, Orlando Pessuti, briefly stepped back from state government, with Brandão stepping in due to him being the president of the state assembly. At that time, Brandão was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[2] In his place, Pedro Ivo Ilkiv, of the Workers' Party (PT), became state assembly president.[14]
In March 2007, Brandão became a justice on the Court of Accounts of the State of Paraná.[12] He retired in June 2013 after reaching the maximum age for the seat, at 70 years old.[15]
Brandão has received various awards, including as an honourary citizen of both Maringá[16] and Curitiba.[7]