Temoteo Alves de Brito (9 November 1941 – 20 April 2024), commonly known as Temoteo Brito, was a Brazilian politician and farmer. He served as the first Mayor of Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia, from the city's incorporation in 1986 until 1988.[1][2] He was later elected Mayor of Teixeira de Freitas from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2017 until 2020.[1] Brito also served two tenures in the Legislative Assembly of Bahia: from 1991 to 1995 as a member of the National Reconstruction Party (PRN) and again from 2011 until 2015 as a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MBD).[1]
Brito died from complications of leukemia and pneumonia at a hospital in Belo Horizonte, on 20 April 2024, at the age of 82.[2] He was laid in state at the Jacarandá Country Club.[2]
