Carlos Orleans Brandão Júnior (born June 2, 1958 in Colinas) is a Brazilian politician affiliated to 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 ...

. He is currently the governor of

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

, after the resignation of Flávio Dino in April 2, 2022. He was the Vice Governor of Maranhão between 2015 and 2022, and was reelected in 2018 in Flávio Dino's gubernatorial ticket. Previously, he was a

Federal Deputy The Chamber of Deputies ( pt, Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year ...

for Maranhão for two consecutive terms. He holds a degree in

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

at the State University of Maranhão.

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Living people 1958 births Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians People from Maranhão Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Maranhão {{Brazil-politician-stub Republicans (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Liberal Front Party (Brazil) politicians Governors of Maranhão