José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros Filho (born December 8, 1979) is a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a former governor of

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

, who served from January 2015 to April 2022. He is affiliated with the

Brazilian Democratic Movement The Brazilian Democratic Movement (, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, with the most numbers of senators, ...

. He was elected mayor of the municipality of

Murici Murici is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 28,333 (2020) and its area is 424 km². According to the Veja magazine, despite receiving generous public transfers, the city still lags behi ...

, Alagoas, in the 2004 election, and was re-elected in 2008. In early April 2010, he resigned to possibly play a state office of Member of the Legislative Assembly, replaced by Remi Calheiros, former mayor and who was his deputy. In the elections of October 2010 he was elected Congressman, and that election the most voted candidate of Alagoas. was the one who received the most votes in 22 of the 104 Alagoas state municipalities. He is the son of the previous president of the Senate,

Renan Calheiros José Renan Vasconcelos Calheiros (; born 16 September 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former President of the Federal Senate of Brazil. He has represented the state of Alagoas in the senate as a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. ...

, and Maria Veronica Rodrigues Calheiros. In October 2014, he was elected in the first round governor of Alagoas with 52.16% of the votes.

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Filho, Renan Living people 1979 births Governors of Alagoas Brazilian economists Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Alagoas Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Mayors of places in Brazil Government ministers of Brazil People from Murici Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)