Carlos Alberto "Beto" Richa (born June 29, 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was the Governor of the

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian state of Paraná until April 6, 2018, when he resigned to run for a seat at the

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. He was succeeded by Cida Borghetti. On September 11, 2018, less than a month to the

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

, Richa was arrested as part of the

Operation Car Wash Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato) was a criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil's Curitiba branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge in France, but unlike judges in the common law ...

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1965 births Mayors of Curitiba Governors of Paraná (state) Living people People from Londrina Brazilian people of Arab descent Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná alumni Members of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná {{Brazil-politician-stub