João Lyra

João José Pereira de Lyra (17 June 1931 – 12 August 2021) was a Brazilian businessman and politician. He was a Member of the Federal Senate from 1989 to 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2015. He was born in Recife, Brazil.
Lyra died on 12 August 2021 in Maceió, Brazil of problems caused by bronchopneumonia, aged 90.