Delfim Peixoto
{{Short description|Brazilian football administrator and politician}}
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{{Portuguese name|second=|suffix=Filho}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Delfim Peixoto
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| office = Vice-president of the Brazilian Football Confederation
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2016
| president =
| office2 = President of the Federação Catarinense de Futebol
| term_start2 = 1985
| term_end2 = 2016
| office3 = Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina
| term_start3 = 1971
| term_end3 = 1983
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|01|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|11|28|1941|01|03|df=yes}}
| death_place = La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia
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| alma_mater = University of Santa Catarina (Law)
| profession = Lawyer
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Delfim de Pádua Peixoto Filho (3 January 1941 – 28 November 2016), known as Delfim Peixoto, was a Brazilian politician and football administrator who died as a result of the crash of LaMia Airlines Flight 2933. At the time of his death he was a vice president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and president of the Federação Catarinense de Futebol (FCF), a position he had held since 1985.
Early life and education
Delfim Peixoto was born in 1941 in Itajaí in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. He studied law at the University of Santa Catarina's law school. While a student, Delfim Peixoto was active in student politics, serving as secretary of the Santa Catarina Union of Students and as a member of the National Union of Students.{{Cite news |url=http://dc.clicrbs.com.br/sc/esportes/noticia/2015/06/do-partidao-a-fcf-trajetoria-mostra-como-delfim-se-tornou-influente-em-sc-4787197.html |title=Do Partidão à FCF: trajetória mostra como Delfim se tornou influente em SC |date=23 June 2015 |work=Diário Catarinense |language=Portuguese |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201215553/http://dc.clicrbs.com.br/sc/esportes/noticia/2015/06/do-partidao-a-fcf-trajetoria-mostra-como-delfim-se-tornou-influente-em-sc-4787197.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=http://ndonline.com.br/florianopolis/esportes/de-preso-politico-a-dirigente-da-fcf-por-31-anos-a-trajetoria-de-delfim-de-padua-peixoto |title=De preso político a dirigente da FCF por 31 anos: a trajetória de Delfim de Pádua Peixoto |last=Joffre |first=Matheus |date=29 November 2016 |work=Notícias do Dia |last2=Vargas |first2=Mateus |language=Portuguese |access-date=1 December 2016}}
Delfim Peixoto later lectured in criminal law and legal practice at the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcf.com.br/blog/2015/06/24/curso-de-direito-da-univali-e-homenageado-pela-alesc/ |title=Curso de Direito da UNIVALI é homenageado pela ALESC |publisher=Federação Catarinense de Futebol |language=Portuguese |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202035011/http://www.fcf.com.br/blog/2015/06/24/curso-de-direito-da-univali-e-homenageado-pela-alesc/ |url-status=dead }}
Public life
As a member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), he was elected as a councillor in the Itajaí municipal elections in 1965.
Delfim Peixoto was elected three times – in 1970, 1974 and 1978 – as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina, initially representing the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) and later the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).{{Cite web |url=http://www.tre-sc.jus.br/site/fileadmin/arquivos/eleicoes/eleicoes2006/resenha_historica.pdf |title=Eleições Catarinenses 1945-1998 |publisher=Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Santa Catarina |language=Portuguese |access-date=1 December 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 1983, he joined the Federação Catarinense de Futebol (FCF) as vice president. He became FCF president two years later. In 2015, Delfim was elected a vice president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).{{Cite news |url=http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/651118_opositor-de-del-nero-e-vice-da-cbf-delfim-peixoto-estava-no-voo-da-chapecoense |title=Opositor de Del Nero e vice da CBF, Delfim Peixoto estava no voo da Chapecoense |date=29 November 2016 |work=ESPN.com.br |publisher=ESPN do Brasil |language=Portuguese |access-date=1 December 2016}}
Death
Delfim was flying to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals first leg in Medellín when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed, killing him and 70 other passengers including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team.{{Cite news |url=http://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/noticia/2016/11/presidente-da-federacao-catarinense-de-futebol-estava-em-aviao-que-caiu.html |title=Presidente da Federação Catarinense de Futebol estava em avião que caiu |date=29 November 2016 |work=G1 |publisher=Globo |language=Portuguese |access-date=1 December 2016}}
References
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Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina
Category:Brazilian Communist Party politicians
Category:Football people in Brazil
Category:Federal University of Santa Catarina alumni
Category:21st-century Brazilian lawyers
Category:20th-century Brazilian lawyers