Wanderlei Barbosa | |
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Governor of Tocantins | |
Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
Vice Governor | None (2022) Laurez Moreira (2023–present) |
Preceded by | Mauro Carlesse |
Vice Governor of Tocantins | |
In office 9 July 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
Governor | Mauro Carlesse |
Preceded by | Cláudia Lelis |
Succeeded by | Laurez da Rocha Moreira (2023) |
State deputy for Tocantins | |
In office 1 February 2011 – 9 July 2018 | |
Councilman for Palmas | |
In office 1 January 1997 – 1 February 2011 | |
Councilman for Porto Nacional | |
In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1997 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wanderlei Barbosa Castro 12 March 1964 Porto Nacional, Goiás (now Tocantins), Brazil |
Political party | Republicanos (since 2022) |
Other political affiliations | |
Spouse | Blandina Vieira Leite |
Wanderlei Barbosa Castro (born 12 March 1964 in Porto Nacional) is a Brazilian businessman and politician who has been the governor of Tocantins since 2022, after the removal of then-governor Mauro Carlesse. [1] Prior to being governor, he was vice-governor from 2018 to 2022 under Carlesse. [2] [3] He is currently a member of the Republicanos party. [4]
Born in Porto Nacional, Barbosa is the son of rancher Fenelon Barbosa Sales, the first mayor of the state capital Palmas from the Partido da Frente Liberal, [5] [6] and Maria Rosa de Castro Sales, a teacher who was the first Secretary of Education of Palmas. [7] Wanderlei is married to Blandina Vieira Leite, and his son, Léo Barbosa , is currently a state deputy for Tocantins. [2] [8]
Barbosa was first elected as a councilman for Porto Nacional in 1989.[ citation needed] In 1996, he moved to Palmas, where he was again elected as councilman from 1997 to 2011. [2] He was the president of the municipal assembly from 2003 to 2004, and again from 2009 to 2010. [3] He was first elected as a state deputy in Tocantins in 2010, then reelected in 2014.[ citation needed]
In 2018, Barbosa was elected vice-governor of Tocantins, with Carlesse as governor. [2] In 2022, he was elected in his own right as governor with 481,496 votes, or 58.14% of the vote.[ citation needed]