Severino Cavalcanti

Severino José Cavalcanti Ferreira (18 December 1930 – 15 July 2020)[1] was a Brazilian politician, born in João Alfredo, Pernambuco. He was a member of the Progressive Party, despite having changed parties eight times in his career. He was the mayor of João Alfredo, a member of the Pernambuco State Assembly and a federal congressman.

Severino Cavalcanti
Cavalcanti in 2005
Mayor of João Alfredo
In office 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2012
Vice Mayor	Dimas Neto
Preceded by	Maria Sebastiana da Conceição
Succeeded by	Maria Sebastiana da Conceição
In office 3 July 1964 – 19 January 1966
Preceded by	José Ferreira da Silva
Succeeded by	João Francisco de Barros
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 14 February 2005 – 21 September 2005
Preceded by	João Paulo Cunha
Succeeded by	Aldo Rebelo
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
In office 1 February 1995 – 21 September 2005
Constituency	At-large
State Deputy of Pernambuco
In office 1 February 1967 – 1 February 1995
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Severino José Cavalcanti Ferreira (1930-12-18)18 December 1930 João Alfredo, Pernambuco, Brazil
Died	15 July 2020(2020-07-15) (aged 89) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	UDN (1962–66) ARENA (1966–79) PDS (1980–87) PDC (1987–90) PL (1990–92) PPR (1992–93) PFL (1994–95) PP (1995–2020)

In 2005, he ran for the presidency of Brazilian chamber of deputies, thinking that the official candidate of the Lula government, Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh, would win. However, because of the internal crisis of the government at the time, Cavalcanti was able to take the post.[2]

On 21 September 2005, he resigned from his position as federal deputy, and his position as President of the House was taken over provisionally by the Vice-President of the House José Thomaz Nonô.[3]

In October 2008, Cavalcanti was elected as mayor of João Alfredo.[4]