Paulo Suruagy do Amaral Dantas (born 19 March 1979) is a Brazilian politician 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, ...

(MDB), is the current 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 ...

Biography

Born in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

, the capital city of Alagoas, he is the son of former president of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas Luiz Dantas. In 2004, he was elected as

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

in the municipality of Batalha, being re-elected in 2008. On May 15, 2022, he was indirectly elected for a "buffer term" until December 31, 2022, through the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, after the last directly elected governor, Renan Filho, resigned in order to run for the Senate in the

2022 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 to elect the President of Brazil, president, Vice President of Brazil, vice president, the National Congress of Brazil, National Congress, the 2022 Brazilian gubernatorial elections, govern ...

and the Vice Governor at the time Luciano Barbosa, had resigned in 2020 after being elected as the mayor of

Arapiraca Arapiraca is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality in the Federative units of Brazil, state of Alagoas, Northeast Region of the country. It is located in Agreste in Alagoas and belongs to the Metropolitan Region of Agreste, being lo ...

. Dantas is currently running for a first full term as Governor of Alagoas. He received 46.64% of the vote in the first round and will face right-wing candidate Rodrigo Cunha in the second round.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Dantas, Paulo Governors of Alagoas Living people 1979 births Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians People from Maceió