He first served as Deputy Mayor of
Betim from 1989 to 1990 before becoming Mayor, serving from 1991 to 1992. He was then elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais, where he served from 1995 to 2011, although he left his post from 1 January 1999 to 30 March 2000 to serve as Secretary of State for Sports in the cabinet of
Itamar Franco. Ivair Nogueiro do Pinho died of
COVID-19 in
Belo Horizonte on 31 March 2021 at the age of 69. ==References==