Homero de Miranda Leão
Homero de Miranda Leão was a brazilian politician and poet.
He was born in Maués, Amazonas, Brazil, the son of Manuel José de Miranda Leão and Eponina Martins de Miranda Leão, he was married to Letícia Faraco de Miranda Leão.
Politics
Estado Novo
During the Vargas dictatorship, without elections, in 1938 he was declared Mayor of Urucará. In 1941 he was declared Mayor of Manacapuru, and in the same year he would be transferred to Manicoré.Democratic Period
In 1946 he was elected with 460 votes to the State Legislature as part of the National Democratic Union, a party aligned with conservatism. In the 1950 elections he would be elected with 587 votes, again for the UDN. He would again be elected in the 1962 elections, this time with 1,189 votes, for the Social Democratic Party.Military Regime
In 1967 he was a signatory of "Em Defesa da Zona Franca de Manaus" a manifesto against the altering of the law number 268 of the 28 february 1967, and the taking away of financial incentives for the Zone.He was interim governor for Amazonas in 1970.
He was the leader of National Renewal Alliance in the state legislature in 1976, when he called for the replacement for the chief of the Superintendency of Development for the Amazon due to floodings.
Literature
He was a member of the Union of Brazilian Writers and the Amazonian Academy of LettersIn 1960 he published a book of poems titled Mundurucânia.