Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo, often referred to as just Cleitinho (born 15 April 1982), is a Brazilian businessman, musician, and politician. He has been a senator from the state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

since 2023. He previously served as a state deputy in Minas Gerais, as well as a councilman in his hometown of

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres ...

. He is currently affiliated with the

Republicanos The Republicans (), formerly the Brazilian Republican Party (, PRB) and originally formed as the Municipalist Renewal Party (, PMR), is a Brazilian political party. Its electoral number, the numerical assignment for Brazilian political parties, ...

. Cleitinho's brother is Eduardo Azevedo, who is currently a state deputy in Minas Gerais. In 2016, he was elected as a councilman in Divinópolis in 2016. He was elected as a state deputy as part of

Cidadania Cidadania () is a Brazilian political party. It was originally founded as the Popular Socialist Party (, PPS) by members of the former Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), as a centre-left social democratic and democratic socialist party. Despite ...

with 115,492 votes. He left Cidadania in 2022 and became affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) to run for the federal senate. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 with 41.52% of the vote, beating out other major candidates, including incumbent

Alexandre Silveira Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira (born 15 July 1970) is a former police chief, businessman and Brazilian politician, affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was a senator for Minas Gerais. Political career In 2003, Alexandre Silvei ...

and

Marcelo Aro Marcelo Guilherme de Aro Ferreira (born 12 June 1987) better known as simply Marcelo Aro is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He has spent his political career representing Minas Gerais, having served as state representative since 2015. Per ...

, for the seat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Azevedo, Cleitinho 1982 births Living people People from Divinópolis Members of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Cidadania politicians Social Christian Party (Brazil) politicians Republicans (Brazil) politicians Conservatism in Brazil