Eduardo Campos

Eduardo Campos
Eduardo Campos in March 2013
Governor of Pernambuco
In office 1 January 2007 – 4 April 2014
Vice Governor	João Lyra Neto
Preceded by	Mendonça Filho
Succeeded by	João Lyra Neto
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 23 January 2004 – 18 July 2005
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Roberto Amaral
Succeeded by	Sérgio Machado Rezende
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Pernambuco
In office 1 January 1995 – 23 January 2004
In office 18 July 2005 – 1 January 2007
Constituency	Proportional representation
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
In office 1 January 1991 – 1 January 1995
Constituency	Proportional representation
Personal details
Born	(1965-08-10)10 August 1965 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Died	13 August 2014(2014-08-13) (aged 49) Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Federal University of Pernambuco

Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (Recife, 10 August 1965 – Santos, 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian economist and politician. He was the Leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party – Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB). In April 2014, Eduardo Campos announced his name for the Brazilian Presidential election, naming Marina Silva as vice president.

He was a State Deputy, Federal Deputy, Secretary of Finance of Pernambuco and Minister of Science and Technology. He was the Governor of Pernambuco, between 2007 and 2014, and was, at the time of his death, the President of PSB.

Campos died in 13 August 2014 in an airplane crash at the coastal town of Santos (state of São Paulo).