Carlos Camilo Góes Capiberibe (born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian politician. He was the Governor of the Brazilian state of

Amapá Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by Fr ...

from 2011 to 2015

Personal life

Capiberibe is the son of zoologist João Capiberibe and teacher Janete Capiberibe. He is an alumnus of the

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, and has a master's degree from

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. Both his parents have ties to politics, with his mother also serving as federal deputy and his father being the past governor of Amapá. His parents were involved in the socialist movement before his birth but fled to

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after the

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, where Carlos and his twin sister Luciana was born. He also has a younger sister named Artionka who is an anthropologist. With the

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and overthrow of

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, his family fled again this time to Canada. In his youth Capiberibe was part of several university student political groups, including the Aliança Nacional Libertadora (ANL) or National Liberating Alliance. After graduating from university he became the secretary of organization of the state executive of the

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Political career

In 2006 he was elected to the state legislature of Amapá with 5,213. In 2010 Capiberibe ran for governor in the state of Amapá. In the first round he received 28% of the vote. In the second round, on 31 October 2010 he won more than 170,000 votes, the largest vote in state history for a gubernatorial candidate, and with 53.77% of the vote became governor. In the

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Capiberibe announced that he was running for the national chamber of federal deputies.

References

Governors of Amapá Living people 1972 births Politicians from Santiago Brazilian twins Université de Montréal alumni Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Amapá Members of the Legislative Assembly of Amapá {{Brazil-politician-stub