[1] From Moroccan ascendency, Davi Alcolumbre was the first Jew to hold the office of President of the Senate in the history of Brazil.

His family is of Sephardic origin and migrated from Morocco to Brazil, initially to the state of Pará.

His maternal grandfather was Isaac Alcolumbre, born in Belém, Brazil, to Moroccan immigrants from Tangier.

He was City Councillor in Macapá from 2001 to 2003, when he was member of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT).

[6] In 2015, he was elect Chair of the Senate Regional Development and Tourism Committee.

[7] In October 2017, voted to keep Aécio in office, defeating a decision of the First Class of the Supreme Federal Court in a lawsuit which Aécio was accused of corruption and obstruction of justice for asking for R$ 2 million (US$ 626,684.21 in 2017) to the owner of JBS Joesley Batista.

[8][9] In 2019, as the only member of the previous Senate Director Board, began the Presidency of the House and, on 1 February, articulated to preside the session which would choose the new President being, however, deprecated by the senior member of the Senate, senator José Maranhão (MDB) of the leading of the session,[10] which the main rivals were Alcolumbre himself (support by Onyx Lorenzoni, Chief of Staff, and the Democratas party)[11] and senator Renan Calheiros (MDB).

[12] On 2 February, Alcolumbre was elected in the first round, with 42 votes, the new President of the Federal Senate, due to the support of opponents of Renan Calheiros and part of the supporting base of President Jair Bolsonaro.