| Wanderlei Barbosa | |
| Office: | Governor of Tocantins |
| Vicegovernor: | None (2022) Laurez da Rocha Moreira (2023–present) |
| Term Start: | 11 March 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Mauro Carlesse |
| Office2: | Vice Governor of Tocantins |
| Governor2: | Mauro Carlesse |
| Term Start2: | 9 July 2018 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Cláudia Lelis |
| Successor2: | Laurez da Rocha Moreira (2023) |
| Office3: | State deputy for Tocantins |
| Term Start3: | 1 February 2011 |
| Term End3: | 9 July 2018 |
| Office4: | Councilman for Palmas |
| Term Start4: | 1 January 1997 |
| Term End4: | 1 February 2011 |
| Office5: | Councilman for Porto Nacional |
| Term Start5: | 1 January 1989 |
| Term End5: | 1 January 1997 |
| Birth Name: | Wanderlei Barbosa Castro |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Porto Nacional, Goiás (now Tocantins), Brazil |
| Spouse: | Blandina Vieira Leite |
| Party: | Republicanos (since 2022) |
Wanderlei Barbosa Castro (born 12 March 1964 in Porto Nacional) is a Brazilian businessman and politician who has been the governor of Tocantins since 2022, after the removal of then-governor Mauro Carlesse.[1] Prior to being governor, he was vice-governor from 2018 to 2022 under Carlesse.[2] [3] He is currently a member of the Republicanos party.[4]
Born in Porto Nacional, Barbosa is the son of rancher Fenelon Barbosa Sales, the first mayor of the state capital Palmas from the Partido da Frente Liberal,[5] [6] and Maria Rosa de Castro Sales, a teacher who was the first Secretary of Education of Palmas.[7] Wanderlei is married to Blandina Vieira Leite, and his son,, is currently a state deputy for Tocantins.[8]
Barbosa was first elected as a councilman for Porto Nacional in 1989. In 1996, he moved to Palmas, where he was again elected as councilman from 1997 to 2011. He was the president of the municipal assembly from 2003 to 2004, and again from 2009 to 2010. He was first elected as a state deputy in Tocantins in 2010, then reelected in 2014.
In 2018, Barbosa was elected vice-governor of Tocantins, with Carlesse as governor. In 2022, he was elected in his own right as governor with 481,496 votes, or 58.14% of the vote.
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