Major Olímpio
{{Short description|Brazilian politician (1962–2021)}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Olímpio|Gomes}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Major Olímpio
|image = Senador Major Olímpio.jpg
|office = Senator for São Paulo
|term_start = 1 February 2019
|term_end = 18 March 2021
|term_start1 = 1 February 2019
|term_end1 = 18 March 2021
|successor1 = Soraya Thronicke
|office2 = Federal Deputy for São Paulo
|term_start2 = 1 February 2015
|term_end2 = 1 February 2019
|office3 = State Deputy of São Paulo
|term_start3 = 1 February 2007
|term_end3 = 1 February 2015
|birth_name = Sérgio Olímpio Gomes
|birth_date = {{birth date|1962|3|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = Presidente Venceslau, São Paulo, Brazil
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|03|18|1962|3|20|df=y}}
|death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
|death_cause = COVID-19{{cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2021/03/18/senador-major-olimpio-morre-apos-complicacoes-de-covid-19.htm|title=Senador Major Olímpio morre após complicações de covid-19|website=UOL|language=pt|first=Guilherme|last=Mazieiro|date=18 March 2021|accessdate=18 March 2021}}
|party = {{Plainlist|
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|profession = Police officer
|branch = 25px Military Police of São Paulo State
|serviceyears = 1978–2007
|website = {{URL|www.majorolimpio.com.br}} {{Dead link|date=October 2022}}
}}
Sérgio Olímpio Gomes (20 March 1962 – 18 March 2021),{{cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/politicos-brasil/2010/deputado-estadual/20031962-major-olimpio.jhtm|title=Major Olímpio (2010)|publisher=Uol|language=pt|first=Fernando|last=Rodrigues|accessdate=3 December 2017|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708105104/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/politicos-brasil/2010/deputado-estadual/20031962-major-olimpio.jhtm|url-status=dead}} best known as Major Olímpio, was a Brazilian police officer and politician, member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He was a state deputy for São Paulo, and leader of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) during his term in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (ALESP). In the 2014 Brazilian general election, he was elected federal deputy for São Paulo.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2014/10/141006_eleicoes2014_policiais_cc|title=Número de ex-policiais eleitos deputados aumenta 25%|publisher=BBC|language=pt|first=Camilla|last=Costa|date=7 October 2014|accessdate=3 December 2017}} In 2018 he was elected to the Federal Senate.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/07/major-olimpio-psl-e-mara-gabrilli-psdb-sao-eleitos-senadores-por-sp.ghtml|title=Major Olimpio (PSL) e Mara Gabrilli (PSDB) são eleitos senadores por São Paulo|website=G1|date=7 October 2018 }}
Biography
Sérgio Olímpio Gomes, a native of Presidente Venceslau, was a former president of the Paulista Association of Officials of the Military Police of São Paulo State. As an official, he was in office for 29 years. He received a bachelor's degree in judicial and social sciences. He has worked as a journalist, physical education teacher, technician in self-defense, shooting instructor and author of books focused in security issues. In 2006, he was elected state deputy with 52,386 votes, being re-elected in 2010 with 135,409 votes. In 2015, he started his first term as federal deputy after being elected in the 2014 elections with 179,196 votes. In 2006, he joined the Green Party, ran for state deputy and was elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.sp.gov.br/deputado/?matricula=300468|title=Dep. Olímpio Gomes|website=Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo|language=pt|accessdate=21 October 2022}}
In 2010, Olímpio joined the Democratic Labour Party and was re-elected state deputy. He later announced his candidacy for the government of São Paulo in the 2014 elections, but withdrew and launched candidacy for the federal Chamber of Deputies.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/veja-os-deputados-federais-eleitos-por-estado.html|title=Veja os deputados federais eleitos por estado e como ficam as bancadas|website=G1|language=pt|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=21 October 2022}}
In June 2013, Olímpio criticized the mayor of São Paulo Fernando Haddad (PT) and the governor of São Paulo state Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) for their posture facing the general protests, stating that both should be more focused in the next year's elections than with the violence and that they "lacked firm wrist".{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Olímpio was leader of the PDT in the Legislative Assembly, which he left to take office in the Chamber of Deputies.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
In 2015, Olímpio took office in his first term as federal deputy, having been elected in 2014 with 179,196 votes.
In November 2015, he left PDT and joined the newly created Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB).{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,partido-da-mulher-gera-polemica-ja-na-estreia,10000003263|title=Partido da Mulher gera polêmica já na estreia|publisher=Estadão|language=pt|first=Pedro|last=Venceslau|date=28 November 2015|accessdate=3 December 2017}} In March 2016, he joined Solidariedade.{{cite web|url=http://www.deputadopaulinho.com.br/fotos/deputado-federal-major-olimpio-filia-se-ao-solidariedade/|title=Deputado federal Major Olímpio filia-se ao Solidariedade|publisher=Deputado Paulinho da Força|language=pt|first=Paulo Pereira|last=da Silva|date=16 March 2016|accessdate=3 December 2017|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726072359/http://www.deputadopaulinho.com.br/fotos/deputado-federal-major-olimpio-filia-se-ao-solidariedade/|url-status=dead}}
During the swearing-in of former president Lula as Chief of Staff, on 17 March 2016, Olímpio shouted "Shame!", being hostilized{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/03/manifestante-grita-vergonha-durante-cerimonia-de-posse-de-lula.html|title=Deputado grita 'vergonha' durante cerimônia de posse de Lula|website=G1|language=pt|first=Filipe|last=Matoso|date=17 March 2016|accessdate=21 October 2022}} by the guests and removed from the location by security guards.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/03/manifestante-grita-vergonha-durante-cerimonia-de-posse-de-lula.html|title=Deputado grita "vergonha" durante cerimônia de posse de Lula|publisher=G1|language=pt|first=Flilipe|last=Matoso|date=17 March 2016|accessdate=3 December 2017}}
Olímpio was the candidate to the Prefecture of São Paulo in the 2016 election as a member of Solidariedade. He received 116,870 votes.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2016/apuracao/sao-paulo.html|title=Resultado da apuração das Eleições 2016 em São Paulo para prefeito e vereador|website=G1|language=pt|date=2 October 2016|accessdate=21 October 2022}}
Olímpio voted in favor of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebc.com.br/noticias/2016/04/saiba-quem-votou-contra-a-favor-impeachment-dilma-na-camara-deputados|title=Deputados autorizam impeachment de Dilma; saiba quem votou a favor e contra|publisher=Agência Brasil|language=pt|date=17 April 2016|accessdate=3 December 2017}} During the government of Michel Temer, he voted against the "Ceiling" of Public Spending Bill.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/10/saiba-como-cada-deputado-votou-em-relacao-pec-do-teto-de-gastos.html|title=Saiba como cada deputado votou em relação à PEC do teto de gastos|publisher=G1|language=pt|date=10 October 2016|accessdate=3 December 2017}} In April 2017, he was against the Labour Reform.{{cite web|url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/parlatorio/reforma-trabalhista-como-votaram-os-deputados|title=Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados|publisher=CartaCapital|language=pt|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=3 December 2017}} In August and October 2017, Olímpio supported a request to open an investigation against president Michel Temer.{{cite web|url=https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/como-votou-cada-deputado-sobre-a-denuncia-contra-temer/|title=Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer|publisher=Exame|language=pt|first1=Claudia|last1=Gasparini|first2=Anderson|last2=Figo|date=2 August 2017|accessdate=3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2017/10/26/internas_polbraeco,636465/placar-da-segunda-denuncia-contra-temer-veja-como-votou-cada-partido.shtml|title=Placar da segunda denúncia contra Temer: veja como votou cada partido|publisher=Correio Braziliense|language=pt|first1=Natália|last1=Lamber|first2=Guilherme|last2=Mendes|first3=Bernardo|last3=Bittar|date=26 October 2017|accessdate=3 December 2017}}
He was a Freemason.{{Cite web|url=https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/pronunciamentos/-/p/texto/457393|title = Pronunciamento de Major Olimpio em 23/08/2019 - Pronunciamentos - Senado Federal}}{{Cite web|url=https://jornalcinco.com.br/2018/10/olimpio-apoio-maconaria-bolsonaro/amp/|title = Major Olímpio pediu apoio da maçonaria a Bolsonaro – Jornal Cinco}}
Olímpio died of COVID-19 on 18 March 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. He became the third Senator to die of COVID after Arolde de Oliveira (PSD-RJ) in October and José Maranhão (MDB-PB) in February.{{cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2021/03/18/morre-major-olimpio-terceiro-senador-covid-19.htm |title=Major Olimpio é o terceiro senador a morrer por complicações da covid-19|website=UOL|language=pt|first=Henrique|last=Henrique Sales Barros|date=18 March 2021|accessdate=21 March 2021}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last1=Olímpio Gomes|first1=Sérgio|last2=Anhaia de Lemos|first2=Marcio Tadeu|title=Insegurança Pública e Privada - Basta de Hipocrisia!|year=2002|publisher=Landmank|isbn=8-588-78103-4}}
References
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