{"id":"dante-de-oliveira","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dante-de-oliveira","language":"en","name":"Dante de Oliveira","name_en":"Dante de Oliveira","name_ne":null,"description":"Engenheiro civil e político brasileiro, autor da emenda constitucional pelas eleições diretas para presidente","headline":"Engenheiro civil e político brasileiro, autor da emenda constitucional pelas eleições diretas para presidente","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Dante Martins de Oliveira was a Brazilian politician who was the governor of Mato Grosso state and the mayor of Mato Grosso's capital, Cuiabá, for three terms. He was also a federal deputy who became the Minister of Agrarian Development under president José Sarney from 1986 to 1987. He is well known for his work with the Diretas Já movement, which fought for the direct election of presidents in Brazil. As a federal deputy, he became most well known for proposing a constitutional amendment that would have mandated for direct presidential elections, the Dante de Oliveira Amendment.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 February 1952","date":"1952-02-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Cuiabá","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170762"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"6 July 2006","date":"2006-07-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Cuiabá","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170762"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"civil engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13582652"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Democratic Movement Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322751"},{"text":"Democratic Labour Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414708"},{"text":"Brazilian Social Democracy Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322897"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Federal University of Rio de Janeiro","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586904"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"minister of agrarian development of Brazil (28 May 1986 – 2 June 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104146430","start":"1986-05-28","end":"1987-06-02"},{"text":"federal deputy of Mato Grosso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59401944"},{"text":"state deputy of Mato Grosso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53864940"},{"text":"governor of Mato Grosso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53739368"},{"text":"mayor of Cuiaba","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56449632"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_de_Oliveira","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Dante de Oliveira born?","a":"Dante de Oliveira was born on 6 February 1952 in Cuiabá."},{"q":"What positions has Dante de Oliveira held?","a":"Positions held by Dante de Oliveira include: minister of agrarian development of Brazil (1986–1987); federal deputy of Mato Grosso; state deputy of Mato Grosso; governor of Mato Grosso; mayor of Cuiaba."},{"q":"Where did Dante de Oliveira study?","a":"Dante de Oliveira was educated at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro."}],"related":[{"name":"Jader Barbalho","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jader-barbalho"},{"name":"Miguel Rossetto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-rossetto"},{"name":"Wilson Martins","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilson-martins-q10393780"},{"name":"Pablo Marçal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pablo-marcal"},{"name":"Adhemar de Barros","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adhemar-de-barros"},{"name":"Afonso Cláudio","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-claudio"},{"name":"Afonso Pena","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena"},{"name":"Alberto Goldman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-goldman"},{"name":"Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-pinto-coelho-junior"},{"name":"Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/albuino-cunha-de-azeredo"},{"name":"Alceu Collares","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alceu-collares"},{"name":"Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfredo-d-escragnolle-taunay-viscount-of-taunay"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/dante-de-oliveira-7cf611e99d.jpg","width":354,"height":472,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131883.DantedeOlivera.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Dante de Oliveira","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_de_Oliveira","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q10264121","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264121","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 131883.DantedeOlivera.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131883.DantedeOlivera.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Dante de Oliveira, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 131883.DantedeOlivera.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Dante de Oliveira\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/dante-de-oliveira. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:58:27Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/dante-de-oliveira","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/dante-de-oliveira","ne":null}}