Ricardo Vieira Coutinho (born November 18, 1960, in
João Pessoa) is a Brazilian
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
who served as the 50th 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
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
from 2011 until 2019.
Previously, he was the mayor of
João Pessoa from 2005 to 2010.
See also
*
List of mayors of João Pessoa, Paraíba
The following is a list of mayors of the city of João Pessoa, in Paraíba state, Brazil.
* Jovino Limeira Dinoá, 1895-1900
* Francisco Xavier Júnior, 1904-1908
* , 1908-1911
* José Bezerra Cavalcanti, 1912-1916
* Demócrito de Almeida, ...
References
1960 births
Governors of Paraíba
Living people
People from João Pessoa, Paraíba
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