Alan Sanches, 58, Dies of Cardiac Arrest in Salvador With Wake at ALBA and Burial Today

Overview

• The four-term Bahia state deputy and orthopedic physician suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Salvador on Saturday, and emergency service Samu was called but he did not survive.
• His body was received for a wake in the Salão Nobre of the Bahia state assembly on Saturday, and the burial is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Cemitério Jardim da Saudade in Brotas.
• The president of the Assembly, Ivana Bastos, and the state government decreed three days of official mourning, with formal condolences issued by União Brasil and leaders across the political spectrum.
• First alternate Luciano Ribeiro, a União Brasil politician and former mayor of Caculé, is expected to take the vacant seat in the Assembleia Legislativa da Bahia.
• Sanches built his career as a former president of Salvador’s City Council and leader of the opposition in the Assembly, and he had recently announced a pre-candidacy for federal deputy.