Cleitinho Azevedo

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Cleitinho Azevedo
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Senator for Minas Gerais
Assumed office
1 February 2023
ProfessionEntrepreneur, musician, politician

Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo, often referred to as just Cleitinho (born 15 April 1982), is a Brazilian businessman, musician, and politician. He has been a senator from the state of Minas Gerais since 2023. He previously served as a state deputy in Minas Gerais, as well as a councilman in his hometown of Divinópolis. He is currently affiliated with the Republicanos.

Cleitinho's brother is Eduardo Azevedo, who is currently a state deputy in Minas Gerais. [1] In 2016, he was elected as a councilman in Divinópolis in 2016. [2] He was elected as a state deputy as part of Cidadania with 115,492 votes. [3] He left Cidadania in 2022 and became affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) to run for the federal senate. [4] He was elected to the Senate in 2022 with 41.52% of the vote, beating out other major candidates, including incumbent Alexandre Silveira and Marcelo Aro, for the seat. [5] [6]

Election history

YearElectionPartyPositionVotesResult
2016Divinópolis municipal elections PPS
Councilman
3,023

(2.62%)

Elected [2]
2018 2018 Minas Gerais state elections 115,492

(1.14%)

Elected [3]
2022 2022 Minas Gerais state elections PSC 4,268,193

(41.52%)

Elected [2]

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