Jayme Campos | |
|---|---|
 Campos in 2019 | |
| Senator forMato Grosso | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2015 | |
| Mayor ofVárzea Grande | |
| In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Nereu Botelho de Campos |
| Succeeded by | Murilo Domingos |
| Governor ofMato Grosso | |
| In office 15 March 1991 – 1 January 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Edison de Oliveira |
| Succeeded by | Dante de Oliveira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-09-13)13 September 1951 (age 73) Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
Jayme Veríssimo de Campos (born 13 September 1951) better known asJayme Campos is a federal senator ofBrazil 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' fatherJúlio Campos was also a senator and governor of Mato Grosso as well as mayor of Várzea Grande. Campos is married toLucimar 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 the2006 Brazilian general election, winning 61% of the votes. After being defeated in 2015, Campos was re-elected to the federal senate in the2018 Brazilian general election, along withSelma Arruda from the state of Mato Grosso.[6]
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