Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (born 19 June 1975) is a Brazilian engineer and politician who has served as Governor of

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since 1 January 2023. A member of the

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party, Freitas served Minister of Infrastructure under President

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from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2022. Freitas resigned from office in order to run for Governor of São Paulo in the 2022 election. In the October 2022 run-off Tarcísio defeated PT candidate

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, becoming the first elected governor of São Paulo in 28 years to not be a

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member.

Background and education

Freitas was born in

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, Freitas is a graduate of

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and also graduated in engineering at the

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, where he scored the highest average grade in the institution. Gomes served as engineer for the Brazilian Army, chief of the technical section of the Engineering Company of Brazil at

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(MINUSTAH), and auditing coordinator in the Transportation Division of the

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(CGU). In 2011, he was appointed executive director of the National Department of the Infrastructure of Transportation (DNIT) by General Jorge Fraxe, who led the office during the "ethical cleaning" ordered by then-president

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, after a crisis caused by corruption allegations. He ascended to the directory-general in 2014. In 2015, he acted as secretary of the Coordination of Projects of the Special Secretariat of the Program of Partnerships of Investments (PPI), responsible for the program of privatizations and concessions.

Governor of São Paulo

Prior to announcing his candidacy for Governor of São Paulo in the

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election, he was speculated to run for

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to represent

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. Following his victory in the 2022 gubernatorial election, commentators have suggested that he may run for President in the

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Personal life

Freitas is Roman Catholic.

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Freitas, Tarcisio Gomes de 1975 births Living people People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian Roman Catholics Brazilian civil engineers Government ministers of Brazil Republicans (Brazil) politicians