Tarcísio de Freitas | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Governor of São Paulo | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Felicio Ramuth |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Garcia |
| Minister of Infrastructure | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Valter Casimiro |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Sampaio |
| Director General of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure | |
| In office 22 September 2014 – 16 January 2015 | |
| President | Dilma Rousseff |
| Preceded by | Jorge Fraxe |
| Succeeded by | Adailton Dias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (1975-06-19)19 June 1975 (age 49) Rio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Republicanos (2022–present) |
| Spouse | Cristiane Ferreira da Silva |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Brazil |
| Branch/service |  Brazilian Army |
| Rank |  Captain |
Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (born 19 June 1975) is a Brazilian engineer and politician who has served asGovernor ofSão Paulo since 1 January 2023. A member of theRepublicanos party, Freitas servedMinister of Infrastructure under PresidentJair Bolsonaro from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2022.[1][2]
Freitas resigned from office in order to run for Governor of São Paulo in the2022 election.[3] In the October 2022 run-off Tarcísio defeatedPT candidateFernando Haddad, becoming the first elected governor of São Paulo in 28 years to not be aPSDB member.[4][a]
Freitas was born inRio de Janeiro.[5]
A government employee linked to the legislative consultancy body of theChamber of Deputies, Freitas is a graduate ofAgulhas Negras Military Academy and also graduated in engineering at theMilitary Institute of Engineering, where he scored the highest average grade in the institution.[6]
Gomes served as engineer for theBrazilian Army, chief of the technical section of the Engineering Company of Brazil atUnited Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and auditing coordinator in the Transportation Division of theComptroller General of Brazil (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-presidentDilma Rousseff, after a crisis caused by corruption allegations. He ascended to the directory-general in 2014.[7]
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 andconcessions.
Prior to announcing his candidacy for Governor of São Paulo in the2022 election, he was speculated to run forFederal Senate to representBrasília.[8] Following his victory in the 2022 gubernatorial election, commentators have suggested that he may run for President in the2026 Brazilian general election.[9]
Freitas is Roman Catholic.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Republicanos | Tarcísio de Freitas | 9,881,995 | 42.32% | 13,480,190 | 55.27% | |
| PT | Fernando Haddad | 8,337,139 | 35.70% | 10,908,972 | 44.73% | |
| PSDB | Rodrigo Garcia (incumbent) | 4,296,293 | 18.40% | Eliminated | ||
| NOVO | Vinicius Poit | 388,974 | 1.67% | Eliminated | ||
| PDT | Elvis Cezar | 281,712 | 1.21% | Eliminated | ||
| UP | Carol Vigliar | 88,767 | 0.38% | Eliminated | ||
| PCB | Gabriel Colombo | 46,727 | 0.20% | Eliminated | ||
| PSTU | Altino Prazeres | 14,859 | 0.06% | Eliminated | ||
| DC | Antonio Jorge | 10,778 | 0.05% | Eliminated | ||
| PCO | Edson Dorta | 5,305 | 0.02% | Eliminated | ||
| Total votes | 23,352,549 | 100.00% | 24,389,162 | 100.00% | ||
| Invalid and blank votes | 3,795,298 | 13.98% | 2,951,685 | 10.79% | ||
| Republicanosgain fromPSDB | ||||||
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Valter Casimiro Silveira asMinister of Transport | Minister of Infrastructure 2019–2022 | Succeeded by Marcelo Sampaio |
| Preceded by | Governor of São Paulo 2023–present | Incumbent |
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