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Ivonete Dantas

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Ivonete Dantas
Dantas in April 2011
Vereador for Caicó
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Senator for Rio Grande do Norte
In office
8 December 2011 – 31 January 2015
Preceded byGaribaldi Alves
Succeeded byFátima Bezerra
Secretary of Social Assistance for Caicó
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 March 2004
Preceded byRoberto Germano
State Deputy for Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1 January 1995 – 31 December 1998
Personal details
Born (1959-08-16) 16 August 1959 (age 65)
Caicó, RN, Brazil
Political partyPMDB

Ivonete Dantas Silva (born 16 August 1959) is a Brazilian politician and businesswoman. The current assemblywomen for her hometown of Caicó, she served as the town's secretary of public assistance, as a state representative, and as a member of the federal senate of Brazil from 2011 to 2015.[1][2][3]

Personal life

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Dantas was born to Tamires Silva and Maria Dantas Silva. She is one of 6 children. She married young and was a mother at 17 and a grandmother at 37.[4] She was a businesswoman prior to entering politics.[4]

Political career

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Dantas succeeded Garibaldi Alves after his retirement from the federal senate in 2014.[4] She was elected to the city council in 2016 with 878 votes.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ivonete Dantas - RN" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ Rits. "Ivonete Dantas assume cadeira de Garibaldi Alves". Nominuto.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  3. ^ "Ivonete Dantas no Senado". Tribuna do Norte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ivonete Dantas – Biografia". Câmara Municipal de Caicó (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 July 2019.