Jayme Campos | |
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Senator for Mato Grosso | |
Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2015 | |
Mayor of Várzea Grande | |
In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 | |
Preceded by | Nereu Botelho de Campos |
Succeeded by | Murilo Domingos |
Governor of Mato Grosso | |
In office 15 March 1991 – 1 January 1995 | |
Preceded by | Edison de Oliveira |
Succeeded by | Dante de Oliveira |
Personal details | |
Born | Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil | 13 September 1951
Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Jayme Veríssimo de Campos (born 13 September 1951) better known as Jayme Campos is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Mato Grosso.[1] He was previously governor of Mato Grosso from 1991 to 1994 and also served as mayor of Várzea Grande from 1997 to 2004.[2]
Campos' father Júlio Campos was also a senator and governor of Mato Grosso as well as mayor of Várzea Grande. Campos is married to Lucimar Campos, who in 2015 was elected mayor of Várzea Grande.[3] Campos had four children, two daughters and two sons: Michelle Campos Soares, Jaime Veríssimo de Campos Júnior, Carlos Eduardo Sacre de Campos, and Gisele Sacre de Campos.[4] His second oldest child, Jaime Jr., died in a car accident in May 2004 while driving home from his sister's wedding.[5]
Campos was elected to the federal senate for the first time in the 2006 Brazilian general election, winning 61% of the votes. After being defeated in 2015, Campos was re-elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election, along with Selma Arruda from the state of Mato Grosso.[6]