Temoteo Brito

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. He was later elected Mayor of Teixeira de Freitas from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2017 until 2020. 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).

Brito died from complications of leukemia and pneumonia at a hospital in Belo Horizonte, on 20 April 2024, at the age of 82. He was laid in state at the Jacarandá Country Club.