Randolph Frederich Rodrigues Alves (;

Garanhuns Garanhuns is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality in the Agreste region of the States of Brazil, state of Pernambuco, located 230 kilometers from the state capital, Recife. It covers an area of km² and belongs to the Caruaru Inter ...

, 6 November 1972) is a Brazilian

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and

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. Since 2011, Rodrigues serves as a

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for the state of

Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

, was the most voted in the state's history in the 2010 Elections. He was opposed to Dilma Rousseff's impeachment process and defended that Vice-President

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would also have to be removed should it pass, proposing new presidential elections. In the 2018 elections, he was re-elected senator, and become the leader of the opposition to the Bolsonaro government that lasted from 2019 to 2022.

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