Mário Negromonte

Mário Sílvio Mendes Negromonte (born 6 July 1950) is a Brazilian who has served as minister of cities under the Rousself administration and a member of the chamber of deputies from Bahia. Although born in Pernambuco, he has spent his political career representing the state of Bahia, having served as state representative from 2003 to 2019.

Mário Negromonte
Negromonte in January 2011
Ministry of Cities
In office 1 January 2011 – 2 February 2012
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Márcio Fortes de Almeida
Succeeded by	Aguinaldo Ribeiro
Federal Deputy from Bahia
In office 1 February 1995 – 1 February 2015
State Deputy of Bahia
In office 1 January 1991 – 1 January 1995
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-06) 6 July 1950 (age 75) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	PP (2003–present)
Other political affiliations	PMDB (1986–88) PSDB (1988–2011) PPR (2001–03)

Personal life

Negromonte is married to Vilma Negromonte. His son Mário Negromonte Jr. is also a politician.^[1]

Political career

Negromonte was elected state representative of Bahia in 1990 while part of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. In 1994, he was elected to the federal chamber of deputies, and served for five consecutive terms. He was PP leader in the House of Representatives from 2006 to 2010.^[2]

He was appointed minister of cities in December 2010 by then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[2] However little more than a year after taking office he was dismissed from the position due to suspected allegations of irregularities in the use of funds.^[3][4]

Operation Car Wash

Negromonte was investigated in Operation Car Wash due to being named by Alberto Youssef.^[5] On 30 March 2016 he was convicted of passive corruption and concealment of more than $25 million that was illegally distributed to fellow politicians.^[6] His brother and fellow politician, Adarico Negromonte Filho, was also investigated but ultimately acquitted of charges by the Operation Lava Jato investigation team.^[7]