Zezé Perrella
{{short description|Brazilian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Zezé Perrella
|image= Foto oficial de Zezé Perrella.jpg
|imagesize=
|title= Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais
|term_start= 1999
|term_end= 2003
|title2= State Deputy from Minas Gerais
|term_start2= 2007
|term_end2= 2011
|order3 =
|office3 = Senator from Minas Gerais
|term_start3 = July 3, 2011
|term_end3= January 1, 2019
|predecessor3= Itamar Franco
|successor3= Carlos Viana
|birth_name = José Perrella de Oliveira Costa
|birth_date = February 22, 1956
|birth_place = São Gonçalo do Pará
|profession= Businessman
}}
José Perrella de Oliveira Costa (February 22, 1956), better known as Zezé Perrella, is a Brazilian politician, businessman and former president of the Brazilian football (soccer) team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Career
=Beginning=
Perrella was the president of the Industrial Meat and Dairy and Cold Cuts Syndicate of Minas Gerais (Sindicato das Indústrias de Carne e Derivados e de Frios de Minas Gerais (Sinduscarne)) between 1992 and 1997. He was also director of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fiemg)) between 1998 and 2001.
=Cruzeiro=
Perrella first became president of Cruzeiro in 1995, and would stay there until 2002, when his brother Alvimar de Oliveira Costa took over. In 2008 Perrella was once again elected to a four-year term.{{cite web
| url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Cruzeiro/0,,MUL851421-9863,00-ZEZE+PERRELLA+E+ELEITO+PRESIDENTE+DO+CLUBE.html
| title=Zezé Perrella é eleito presidente do clube
| language=pt
| date=5 November 2008 | access-date=14 February 2011}} At the end of 2011, his mandate expired and he left the presidency of the club.
=Politics=
Perrella was a federal deputy for PFL between 1999 and 2003. In 2002, he ran for the Senate, but finished fourth. In 2006, he was elected state deputy. In 2010, he was a supplement to Itamar Franco, whom was elected senator. Following Francos' death on July 2, 2011, he was officially appointed senator.
=Scandals=
In November 2013, 450 kg of cocaine was seized from a Perrella's helicopter in the State of Espírito Santo.{{in lang|pt}} [http://saraiva13.blogspot.com/2013/11/450-kg-de-cocaina-entre-politicos-nao.html 450 KG DE COCAÍNA ENTRE POLÍTICOS NÃO SÃO NOTÍCIA?] by Saraiva (2013)[http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2013/11/helicoptero-com-cocaina-no-es-e-da-familia-do-senador-zeze-perrella.html 450 KG DE COCAÍNA] {{in lang|pt}}
Mr. Perrella was again involved in crime in 2017, when Joesley Batista said to have recorded senator Aecio Neves requesting two million reais in bribes. According to Globo, the Brazilian federal police filmed the payment to Aécio's cousin, and tracked the delivery of the suitcase containing the money until an employee of Perrella. Later the money was then tracked to a bank account of his company.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/18/brazil-explosive-recordings-implicate-president-michel-temer-in-bribery Brazil: explosive recordings implicate President Michel Temer in bribery] by Jonathan Watts, The Guardian (2017)
References
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External links
- {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.cruzeiro.com.br/index2.php?section=historia_presidentes&idm=2 Cruzeiro EC Official Site]
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{{succession box |
title = Cruzeiro chairman |
before = Alvimar de Oliveira Costa |
after = Gilvan de Pinho Tavares |
years = 2008–2012}}
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Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais
Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube directors and chairmen
Category:Democrats (Brazil) politicians
Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
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