Wanderlei Barbosa Explained

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]

Personal life

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]

Career

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mathias . Lucas . 2021-10-20 . Mauro Carlesse é o terceiro governador afastado no mandato 2019-2022 . subscription . 2023-07-27 . O Globo . pt-BR.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-20 . Vice assume após governador Mauro Carlesse ser afastado por seis meses . 2023-07-25 . . pt-br.
  3. Web site: Governador em exercício . 25 July 2023 . Government of Brazil . pt-BR.
  4. Web site: Gadelha . Igor . 9 March 2022 . Governadores do Tocantins e Santa Catarina se filiam ao Republicanos . 25 July 2023 . . pt-BR.
  5. Web site: 20 October 2021 . Saiba quem é Wanderlei Barbosa, vice que assume o governo do Tocantins durante o afastamento de Carlesse . 25 July 2023 . .
  6. Web site: Fenelon Barbosa, primeiro prefeito de Palmas e pai do Vice-governador, recebe segunda dose da vacina contra a Covid-19. Silva, Elisângela. Governo do Tocantins. 17 April 2021. 25 July 2023.
  7. Web site: Bucar . Ruy . 26 September 2022 . Wanderlei divide palanque com seu pai em Taquaruçu Grande . 25 July 2023 . .
  8. Web site: 12 March 2022 . Wanderlei Barbosa tem trajetória marcada por cargos no Legislativo e parentes conhecidos na política . 25 July 2023 . .