Cleitinho Azevedo

• Cidadania (2016–2022)
• PSC (2022)

Cleitinho Azevedo
Senator for Minas Gerais
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
Profession	Entrepreneur, 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

Year	Election	Party	Position	Votes	Result
2016	Divinópolis municipal elections	PPS	Councilman	3,023 (2.62%)	Elected [2]
2018	2018 Minas Gerais state elections		State deputy	115,492 (1.14%)	Elected [3]
2022	2022 Minas Gerais state elections	PSC	Senator	4,268,193 (41.52%)	Elected [2]

References

1. Ronan, Gabriel (3 October 2022). "ALMG: irmão de Cleitinho, Eduardo Azevedo é deputado mais votado entre novatos | O TEMPO". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
2. "Minas Gerais escolhe Cleitinho para o Senado". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. "Deputy's page at ALMG". Deputados da 19 legislatura de 01/02/2019 a 31/01/2023. Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais . Retrieved 19 August 2023.
4. Estado de Minas (31 March 2022). "Cleitinho troca Cidadania pelo PSC e tenta emplacar candidatura ao Senado". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. "Resultados – TSE". resultados.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
6. "Cleitinho Azevedo, do PSC, é eleito senador por Minas Gerais". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.