{"id":"mario-pereira","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira","language":"en","name":"Mário Pereira","name_en":"Mário Pereira","name_ne":null,"description":"Brazilian politician","headline":"Brazilian politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Mário Pereira is a Brazilian politician who briefly served as the governor of the state of Paraná from 1994 to 1995. Beforehand, he was the state secretary of administration, as well as a state deputy. He is currently a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). An electrical engineer and native of Itajaí, he graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), and became known for his leadership of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in the city of Cascavel, Paraná. He presided over the state railroad company Ferroeste from 1995 to 1998, as well as becoming the state president of the MDB in Paraná. In 1994, he was awarded the Order of Military Merit by president Itamar Franco.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"4 April 1945","date":"1945-04-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Itajaí","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842713"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Democratic Movement Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322751"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851075"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"governor of Paraná","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18176235"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Pereira","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mário Pereira born?","a":"Mário Pereira was born on 4 April 1945 in Itajaí."},{"q":"What positions has Mário Pereira held?","a":"Positions held by Mário Pereira include: governor of Paraná."},{"q":"Where did Mário Pereira study?","a":"Mário Pereira was educated at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina."}],"related":[{"name":"Jaime Lerner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaime-lerner"},{"name":"Roberto Requião","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/roberto-requiao"},{"name":"Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfredo-d-escragnolle-taunay-viscount-of-taunay"},{"name":"Beto Richa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/beto-richa"},{"name":"João Mansur","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joao-mansur"},{"name":"Ratinho Júnior","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ratinho-junior"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/mario-pereira-66e596806d.jpg","width":500,"height":376,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aeroporto_de_S%C3%A3o_Carlos_visto_da_Rod._Engenheiro_Thales_de_Lorena_Peixoto_J%C3%BAnior-SP-318._O_Aeroporto_Estadual_de_S%C3%A3o_Carlos_-_M%C3%A1rio_Pereira_Lopes_foi_constru%C3%ADdo_na_d%C3%A9cada_de_1970,_pela_Companhia_Br_-_panoramio.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Mário Pereira","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_Pereira","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q5679560","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5679560","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Aeroporto de São Carlos visto da Rod. Engenheiro Thales de Lorena Peixoto Júnior-SP-318. O Aeroporto Estadual de São Carlos - Mário Pereira Lopes foi construído na década de 1970, pela Companhia Br - panoramio.jpg by MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ… (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aeroporto_de_S%C3%A3o_Carlos_visto_da_Rod._Engenheiro_Thales_de_Lorena_Peixoto_J%C3%BAnior-SP-318._O_Aeroporto_Estadual_de_S%C3%A3o_Carlos_-_M%C3%A1rio_Pereira_Lopes_foi_constru%C3%ADdo_na_d%C3%A9cada_de_1970,_pela_Companhia_Br_-_panoramio.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 Mário Pereira, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Aeroporto de São Carlos visto da Rod. Engenheiro Thales de Lorena Peixoto Júnior-SP-318. O Aeroporto Estadual de São Carlos - Mário Pereira Lopes foi construído na década de 1970, pela Companhia Br - panoramio.jpg — MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Mário Pereira\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/mario-pereira?lang=ne"}}