The Embassy of the State of Israel extended profound condolences over the passing of H.E. Eduardo Campos, Brazilian presidential candidate. On the book of condolences, our Deputy Amb Leo Vinovezky signed in Portuguese on the Book of Condolences at the Embassy of Brazil in Addis Ababa.
At the start of the formal campaigning season of the 2014 Brazilian presidential election on 13th August 2014, Campos was due to attend campaign events in Santos, São Paulo state with members of his campaign team. Arriving at Santos Air Force Base at Guarujá, the plane, a Cessna Citation, crashed in a residential area of Santos at 09:50 BRT during bad weather, killing all seven occupants.
Following his death, periods of official mourning were decreed by the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, and in Recife, Pernambuco.