Alexandre Ramagem | |
Office: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start: | 1 February 2023 |
Constituency: | Rio de Janeiro |
Office1: | Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency |
Term Start1: | 11 July 2019 |
Term End1: | 31 March 2022 |
President1: | Jair Bolsonaro |
Minister1: | Augusto Heleno |
Predecessor1: | Janér Tesch Hosken Alvarenga |
Successor1: | Victor Carneiro |
Birth Name: | Alexandre Ramagem Rodrigues |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1972 |
Birth Place: | Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil |
Party: | PL (2022–present) |
Profession: | Federal police officer |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
Alexandre Ramagem Rodrigues (born 20 March 1972) is a Brazilian politician and federal police officer. He served under President Jair Bolsonaro as Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency from 2019 until 2022.[1] [2] Ramagem was elected to the Chamber of Deputies representing Rio de Janeiro in the 2022 election.
Ramagem attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), graduating in 2000.
Ramagem was coordinator of the Rio+20, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, Ramagem was security chief of Jair Bolsonaro after he got elected until the date of his inauguration.[3] [4]
Ramagen served as Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) from 2019 to 2022. In 2024, it was reported that he has been investigated for misusing the powers of the office during his tenure to spy on political opponents.[5] [6]
In 2020, Ramagem was unsuccessfully nominated to serve as Director General of the Federal Police of Brazil. This nomination came following the dismissal of Director General Maurício Valeixo[7] as well as the resignation of Sergio Moro as Minister of Justice and Public Security.[8] His nomination was made official on 28 April 2020,[9] but his swearing-in was suspended by the Supreme Federal Court a day later.[10] On the same day, Bolsonaro cancelled his nomination.[11]
Ramagem was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2022 as a member of the Liberal Party. He became a pre-candidate for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the 2024 election.[12]