What is Wilson Braga?
'''Wilson Leite Braga''' (July 18, 1931 – May 17, 2020), better known as simply '''Wilson Braga''', was a Brazilian [[politician]], [[lawyer]] and [[Businessperson|businessman]]. He was born in [[Conceição, Paraíba|Conceição]], [[Paraíba]].<ref name=cd>{{cite news |title=Biografia: Wilson Braga |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/74414/biografia |work=[[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)]] |access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> Braga was a member of the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (PMDB). Braga was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Paraíba|Paraíba MLA]] from 1955 to 1967 and again from 2011 to 2015. He was also a [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Deputy]] from 1967 to 1982, again from 1995 to 2003 and one last time from 2007 to 2011. He was also Governor of [[Paraíba]] from 1983 to 1987. Braga was married to politician [[Lúcia Braga]]. She died of [[COVID-19]] on May 8, 2020. Braga himself died from the same infection on May 17 in [[João Pessoa]], Paraíba at the age of 88.<ref>[https://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2020/05/18/ex-governador-da-paraiba-wilson-braga-morre-aos-88-anos-por-covid-19-em-joao-pessoa.ghtml Ex-governador da Paraíba Wilson Braga morre aos 88 anos por Covid-19, em João Pessoa] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Braga, Wilson}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil]] [[Category:Brazilian lawyers]] [[Category:Brazilian businesspeople]] [[Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Paraíba]]