Ronaldo Ramos Caiado (born 25 September 1949) is a Brazilian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

. An orthopedic physician trained at the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro, he comes from a family landowners and politicians from

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...

. He is the grandson of Antonio Ramos Caiado, an oligarch who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1909 to 1921 and a senator from 1921 to 1930. Caiado served as chairman of the União Democrática Ruralista in the late eighties (1986-1989), an organization that aims to defend the interests of landowners.

In politics

Caiado ran for president with the PSD, at 1989 Brazilian presidential election, obtaining 0.68% of the votes. He was elected federal deputy for

in 1990. He ran for governor of Goiás in 1994, obtaining 3rd place with 23.18% of the votes. Caido was re-elected federal deputy successively in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. In 2014 he was elected Senator and from February 1, 2015 to January 1, 2019 has been the DEM bench leader in the Senate. In the October 2018 elections Ronaldo Caiado ran for governor in the state of Goiás, next to his vice-candidate Lincoln Tejota. Reaching 1.773.185 votes (59,73% of the valid votes), he was elected in the first round, beating Daniel Vilela, from the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), with 479.180 votes (16,14% of the valid votes). A

right wing Right-wing politics is the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position b ...

politician, in his speeches Ronaldo Caiado often criticizes the PT government. In 2014 he was elected senator for the state of Goiás with 1,283,665 votes.

Controversies

Statements of Demostenes Torres

On 31 March 2015 the former senator from DEM, Demóstenes Torres, published an article in Goiás' newspaper Folha da Manhã, claiming that Ronaldo Caiado had expenses of the 2002 campaigns, 2006 and 2010 financed by Carlinhos Cachoeira scheme. Caiado denied the allegations, stating that Demostenes "has a typical behavior of a

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" and that the former senator was trying to get back at Caiado, as the latter had supported the impeachment process against Torres in 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caiado, Ronaldo Candidates for President of Brazil Brazil Union politicians Conservatism in Brazil Governors of Goiás Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Goiás 1949 births Living people People from Anápolis Brazilian orthopaedic surgeons Brazilian Roman Catholics