Ana Paula Dias Lobato Nova Alves (born 11 May 1984) is a Brazilian nurse and politician who has been a senator from the state of Maranhão since 2023. She assumed the position after the elected senator, Flávio Dino, became the Minister of Justice and Public Security during the second Lula presidency, and became the titular senator once he was nominated for the Supreme Federal Court. She had previously been the vice-mayor for the city of Pinheiro. She is affiliated with the

Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Bra ...

(PSB). As of 2023, she is the youngest senator in the Brazilian federal senate. She was a candidate for federal deputy in

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, and as vice-mayor for Pinheiro in

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, but was not elected to either position. She was elected vice-mayor in 2021, with as mayor. She briefly served as mayor after Genésio had been removed by court order. Lobato's husband is

Othelino Neto Othelino Nova Alves Neto (born 7 July 1975) is a Brazilian politician who is a state deputy in the state of Maranhão since 2013. From 2018 to 2023, he served as the president of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão. He is currently affiliated wi ...

, who is a state deputy in Maranhão and who was ex-president of the

Legislative Assembly of Maranhão The Legislative Assembly of Maranhão ( pt, Assembleia Legislativa do Maranhão) is the unicameral legislature of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The assembly, which is seated in the state capital of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, is compose ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lobato, Ana Paula 1984 births Living people People from Pinheiro, Maranhão Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Cidadania politicians Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Socialist Party politicians