David Almeida

{{Short description|Brazilian lawyer and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = David Almeida

| image = Deputado Estadual David Almeida (Foto anterior).jpg

| office = 55th Mayor of Manaus

| president =

| term_start = January 1, 2021

| term_end =

| successor =

| predecessor = Arthur Virgílio Neto

| office2 = Interim Governor of Amazonas

| term_start2 = May 9, 2017

| term_end2 = October 4, 2017

| predecessor2 = José Melo de Oliveira

| successor2 = Amazonino Mendes

| office3 = President of the Amazonas Legislative Assembly

| term_start3 = February 1, 2017

| term_end3 = February 1, 2019

| predecessor3 = Josué Neto

| successor3 = Josué Neto

| office4 = Member of the Amazonas Legislative Assembly

| term_start4 = February 1, 2007

| term_end4 = February 1, 2019

| birth_name = David Antônio Abisai Pereira de Almeida

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|8}}

| birth_place = Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

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| party = Avante

}}

David Antônio Abisai Pereira de Almeida, (born February 8, 1969) better known as David Almeida, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated to the Avante. He was elected mayor of Manaus in the municipal elections of Brazil in 2020. In 2017 he was interim Governor of Amazonas after the annulment of José Melo de Oliveira and his vice-governor by TSE (Superior Electoral Court), due to problems in Brazilian justice.{{cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2017/01/1846669-prison-fight-between-gangs-leads-to-56-deaths-in-manaus.shtml | title=Prison fight between gangs leads to 56 deaths in Manaus | publisher=FOLHA | date=January 3, 2017 | access-date=February 3, 2017 | first1=Bruna|last1= Chagas|first2= Rubens|last2= Valente | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031750/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2017/01/1846669-prison-fight-between-gangs-leads-to-56-deaths-in-manaus.shtml | archive-date=February 7, 2017 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/world/americas/brazil-prison-riot-manaus-compaj.html?_r=0 | title=Riot by Drug Gangs in Brazil Prison Leaves at Least 56 Dead | date=January 2, 2017 | access-date=February 6, 2017 | author=SIMON ROMERO | website=The New York Times | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108102052/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/world/americas/brazil-prison-riot-manaus-compaj.html?_r=0 | archive-date=January 8, 2017 | url-status=live }} The Brazilian Constitution establishes that the annulment of a governor and his vice-governor, temporarily declares the presidency of the Legislative Assembly during the year, until the supplementary internal elections, from which they occurred in 2017, at the time Almeida was president of the legislative authority of the state of Amazonas.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tse.jus.br/imprensa/noticias-tse/2017/Maio/tse-cassa-governador-do-amazonas-e-determina-nova-eleicao-para-o-cargo |title=TSE cassa governador do Amazonas e determina nova eleição para o cargo. |website=www.tse.jus.br |language=pt |access-date=2020-12-05 |archive-date=2021-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121221647/https://www.tse.jus.br/imprensa/noticias-tse/2017/Maio/tse-cassa-governador-do-amazonas-e-determina-nova-eleicao-para-o-cargo |url-status=dead }} In english [TSE removes Governor of the Amazonas and determines a new election for the Office.] — Constitutionally, after the impeachment of Governor and Vice-governor, who took is the President of the Legislative Assembly of the State, in this case David Almeida. In 2020, David Almeida was elected mayor of the city of Manaus by the Avante, turning over the votes in the second round on Amazonino Mendes, of PODE, which ended first in the first round, succeeding Arthur Virgílio Neto, for the 2021–2025 term.{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2020/11/david-almeida-avante-e-eleito-prefeito-de-manaus.shtml |publisher=Folha de São Paulo (Brazil)|title= David Almeida (Avante) é eleito prefeito de Manaus|date=29 November 2020 |language=pt-BR |trans-title=David Almeida is elected mayor of Manaus|accessdate=December 5, 2020}}