Edison Lobão
Honorific prefixHis Excellency
OfficeSenator from Maranhão
Term start1 February 1995
Term end1 February 2019
Term start 115 March 1987
Term end 115 March 1991
Office 2Governor of Maranhão
Term start 215 March 1991
Term end 22 April 1994
Vice governor 2José de Ribamar Fiquene
Predecessor 2João Alberto
Successor 2José de Ribamar Fiquene
Office 3Minister of Mines and Energy
President 3Dilma Rousseff
Term start 31 January 2011
Term end 331 December 2014
Predecessor 3Márcio Zimmermann
Successor 3Eduardo Braga
Birth date5 December 1936 (age 89)
Birth placeMirador, Maranhão, Brazil
SpouseNice Lobão
PartyPMDB (2007–present)
ProfessionPolitician
Other party
Office 4President of the Federal Senate (acting)
Term start 419 September 2001
Term end 420 September 2001
Predecessor 4Jader Barbalho
Successor 4Ramez Tebet
Office 5Federal Deputy for Maranhão
Term start 51 February 1979
Term end 51 February 1987

Edison Bariano Lobão (born 5 December 1936) is a Brazilian politician.[1] He served as governor of Maranhão from 15 March 1991 to 2 April 1994 and as minister of mines and energy in the national government under the Dilma Rousseff administration. He has also served as a senator from 1987 until 2019.. He served as acting President of the Senate in 2001.[2]

References

  1. ^ UN: The Secretary-General's High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy For All: Edison Lobão (accessed 12 December 2015)
  2. ^ "Nova República - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br