Djalma Marinho

Djalma Aranha Marinho (30 June 1908 – 26 December 1981) was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician from the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Biography Marinho was born on 30 June 1908 in the city of Nova Cruz, the son of Nestor Marinho and Amélia Aranha Marinho. He began attending the Law School of the Federal University of Pernambuco in 1928, where, while there, was also an adjunct public prosecutor in Ceará-Mirim and Macaíba. He graduated in 1932. He was hired as an employee of the Regional Electoral Court in 1933 and was a judicial consultor for the Fiscal Delegacy of National Treasures in Natal, the procurer of National Finances, and a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. he worked at a law firm led by Dario de Almeida Magalhães and at the Milton Campos Foundation, an extension of ARENA. He was again elected to the Chamber in 1978 and positioned himself in favor of the Amnesty Law. He later became a member of the PDS with party reforms made by the João Figueiredo. His last act as a member of Congress was to run for the Presidency of the Chamber in 1981 in a dissident move supported by members of the opposition, but he was defeated by Nelson Marchezan.

Marinho died on 26 December 181 in Natal due to a pulmonary edema. He was succeeded in parliament by Ulisses Potiguar, but he was removed by a writ of security. He was then succeeded by Ronaldo Dias.

He is the grandfather of the senator from Rio Grande do Norte, former minister of Regional Development, and federal deputy Rogério Marinho.