title: Herzem Gusmão Pereira
text: # Herzem Gusmão Pereira
  
  Herzem Gusmão Pereira (2 June 1948 – 18 March 2021) was a Brazilian politician and journalist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He served as Mayor of Vitória da Conquista and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia.
  
  He worked for Rádio Clube de Conquista and Rádio Brasil FM prior to his political career.
  
  Pereira was diagnosed with COVID-19 7 December 2020 shortly after being re-elected as Mayor of Vitória da Conquista. He was then hospitalized and transferred to São Paulo, where he died on 18 March 2021 at the age of 72.
  
  