Carlos Bezerra

Carlos Gomes Bezerra (born 4 November 1941) is a Brazilian lawyer, sociologist and politician who is a federal deputy from the state of Mato Grosso.

He began his political career in student movements and in 1957 founded the Associação Cuiabana de Estudantes Secundários, becoming its president.

A lawyer that graduated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, he became affiliated with the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) before the establishment of the military dictatorship.

He became mayor of Rondonópolis again in 1992, but once again resigned from the mayoralty in 1994 after he was elected senator, winning against Antero Paes de Barros [pt].

[3] In 2002, he was awarded the Commander class of the Order of Military Merit by then-president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.