The 2021 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election took place on 1 February 2021, the day after the opening day of the 3rd Session of the

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. Incumbent President

Rodrigo Maia Rodrigo Felinto Ibarra Epitácio Maia (born 12 June 1970) is a Brazilian politician and served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil between July 2016 and February 2021. Maia is the son of former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia and ...

can't run for re-election due to term limits. Deputy

Arthur Lira Arthur César Pereira de Lira (born 25 June 1969) is a Brazilian lawyer, farmer, entrepreneur and politician. A member of Progressistas (PP), he is a Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), federal deputy for Alagoas, and president of the Chamber of Deputi ...

(PP-AL) won Baleia Rossi (MDB-SP) with 302 votes over 145 votes on Rossi and 56 other votes.

Candidates

Confirmed candidates

* André Janones (

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- MG) Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais since 2019. *

( PP- AL) - Federal Deputy from Alagoas since 2011; State Deputy of Alagoas 1999–2011; City Councillor of Maceió 1993–1999. * Baleia Rossi (

MDB MDB may refer to: Computing * .mdb, a file-extension used in certain versions of Microsoft Access databases * MDB, a kernel debugger for the Linux kernel. * MDB, the NASDAQ ticker symbol for MongoDB, a database management system. * Message Drive ...

- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2015; National President of the Brazilian Democratic Movement since 2019. * Fábio Ramalho (

- MG) - Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais since 2011; First Vice President of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

2017–2019; Mayor of

Malacacheta Malacacheta is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 18,602 people living in a total area of 719 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Muc ...

1997–2005; candidate for President of the Chamber in

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

and

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

. * Kim Kataguiri ( DEM- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2019. * Luiza Erundina (

PSOL The Socialism and Liberty Party ( pt-BR, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade , PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Juliano Medeiros and the federal deputies I ...

- SP) - Federal Deputy since 1999; Minister of the Federal Administration 1993; Mayor of São Paulo 1989–93;

State Deputy Established by the Constitution of Brazil, the State Senate is the State's representative body. The members are elected through the proportional system, by taking into account the joining affiliation (political party or coalition of parties), as a ...

of São Paulo 1987–89; City Councillor of São Paulo 1983–87; candidate for President of the Chamber in

and

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

; candidate for Mayor of São Paulo in 1996,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

. *

Marcel van Hattem Marcel van Hattem (born 8 November 1985) is a political scientist, journalist, international relations consultant and Brazilian politician. He currently serves in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies and is known for his Cons ...

(

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- RS) - Federal Deputy from

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since 2019;

2015–18; City Councillor of Dois Irmãos 2005–09; candidate for President of the Chamber in

. * Roberto Peternelli (

PSL PSL may refer to: Sport *Pakistan Super League, a Twenty20 cricket league in Pakistan *Philippine Super Liga, professional volleyball league in the Philippines *Pilipinas Super League, a professional basketball league in the Philippines * Philipp ...

- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2019; candidate for President of the Chamber in

Withdrawn candidates

Alessandro Molon Alessandro Lucciola Molon (Belo Horizonte, October 28, 1971) is a Brazilian teacher and politician, member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and current Leader of the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies. He was ...

( PSB- RJ) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2011;

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PSB Leader since 2020;

Opposition Leader 2019–2020;

of Rio de Janeiro 2003–2011. *

Alexandre Frota Alexandre Frota de Andrade (born October 14, 1963) is a Brazilian politician and a former model and porn star. A former member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), Frota was elected Federal Deputy by the state of São Paulo in the 2018 general el ...

( PSDB- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2019. *

Aguinaldo Ribeiro Aguinaldo Velloso Borges Ribeiro (born 13 February 1969) is a Brazilian who has served as minister of cities under the Rousseff administration and a member of the champer of deputies from Paraíba. Personal life Ribeiro comes from a political fa ...

( PP- PB) - Federal Deputy from

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since 2011; Minister of Cities 2012–2014; State Deputy of

2003–2011. * Carlos Zarattini ( PT- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2007;

of São Paulo 1999–2003; City Councillor of São Paulo 1995–96, 2001–02. * Augusto Rosa ( PL- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2015. * Elmar Nascimento ( DEM- BA) - Federal Deputy from 2015;

of Bahia 2003–15. * Fábio Faria ( PSD- RN) - Minister of Communications since 2020; Federal Deputy from Rio Grande do Norte since 2007. * Fernando Coelho Filho ( DEM- PE) - Federal Deputy from Pernambuco since 2007; Minister of Mines and Energy 2016–18. * Gleisi Hoffmann ( PT- PR) - Federal Deputy from Paraná since 2019; National Chair of the Workers' Party since 2017;

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for Paraná 2011–19;

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2011–14; Chief Financial Office of Itaipu Binacional 2003–06; Municipal Secretary of Public Management of Londrina 2001–03; State Secretary of Administrative Restructuring 1999–2000 *

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(

- PE) - Federal Deputy from Pernambuco since 2019, 2017–18, 1993–2003; 2nd Vice President of the

since 2019; National Chair of the Social Liberal Party since 2018; 1998–2018. * Marcelo Freixo (

- RJ) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019;

of Rio de Janeiro 2007–19; candidate for President of the Chamber in

. * Marcelo Ramos ( PL- AM) - Federal Deputy from Amazonas since 2019; State Deputy of Amazonas 2011–2015; City Councillor of

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2007–2011. * Marcos Pereira (

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- SP) - Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2019; First Vice President of the

since 2019; Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services 2016–2018. *

Soraya Santos Soraya Alencar dos Santos (born 4 December 1958) more commonly known as Soraya Santos is a Brazilian politician as well as being a lawyer. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as state representative since ...

( PL- RJ) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2015. *

Tereza Cristina Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias (born 6 July 1954) is a Brazilian entrepreneur, agronomic engineer, and politician, member of Brazil Union (UNIÃO). She has been a Federal Deputy since 2015, representing the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and ...

( DEM- MS) - Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply since 2019; Federal Deputy from

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since 2015; State Secretary of Agrarian Development, Production, Industry, Trade and Tourism of

2007–14.

Endorsements

Predictions

Formal voting

References

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