Paulo Suruagy do Amaral Dantas (born March 19, 1979)is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the

Brazilian Democratic Movement The Brazilian Democratic Movement ( pt, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a "big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, ...

(MDB). Was former governor of

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

Biography

Born in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly sometimes Anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped and form l ...

, the capital city of Alagoas, he is the son of former president of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas Luiz Dantas. In 2004, he was elected as

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

in the municipality of Batalha, being re-elected in 2008. On May 15, 2022, he was indirectly elected for a "buffer term" until December 31, 2022, through the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, after the last directly elected governor,

Renan Filho José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho (born December 8, 1979) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a former governor of Alagoas, who served from January 2015 to April 2022. He is affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement. He ...

, resigned in order to run for the Senate in the

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and the Vice Governor at the time Luciano Barbosa, had resigned in 2020 after being elected as the mayor of

Arapiraca Arapiraca is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Alagoas, some from the state capital, Maceió. It was founded in 1924. , it has a population of 214.006, IBGE – but IBGE estimated 233,047 inhabitants for 2020. Ara ...

. Dantas is currently running for a first full term as Governor of Alagoas. He received 46.64% of the vote in the first round and will face right-wing candidate Rodrigo Cunha in the second round.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dantas, Paulo Governors of Alagoas Living people 1979 births Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians