Maria do Carmo do Nascimento Alves (23 August 1941 – 31 August 2024) was a Brazilian politician. She represented Sergipe in the Federal Senate from 1999 to 2023. She was a member of Progressistas (PP).[1]

Maria do Carmo Alves
Official portrait, 2019
Senator for Sergipe
In office
1 February 1999 – 1 February 2023
First Lady of Sergipe
In office
15 March 1991 – 1 January 1995
GovernorJoão Alves Filho
Preceded byLeonor Franco
Succeeded byEliane Aquino
In office
15 March 1983 – 15 March 1987
GovernorJoão Alves Filho
Preceded byAna Luíza Valadares
Succeeded byLeonor Franco
Personal details
Born
Maria do Carmo do Nascimento Alves

(1941-08-23)23 August 1941
Cedro de São João, Sergipe, Brazil
Died31 August 2024(2024-08-31) (aged 83)
Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Political partyPP (2022–2024)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
(m. 1966; died 2020)
Alma materFederal University of Sergipe (LL.B.)
ProfessionBusinesswoman, lawyer

She voted in favor of impeaching Dilma Rousseff.[2]

Alves died from pancreatic cancer on 31 August 2024, at the age of 83.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Senadora Maria do Carmo Alves". Federal Senate. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ Ricardo Franco deixa o Senado e Maria do Carmo reassume na terça
  3. ^ Maria do Carmo Alves, primeira senadora eleita por Sergipe, morre aos 83 anos em Aracaju (in Portuguese)
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Ana Luíza Valadares
First Lady of Sergipe
1983–1987
Succeeded by
Leonor Franco
Preceded by
Leonor Franco
First Lady of Sergipe
1991–1995
Succeeded by
Eliane Aquino