Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. is a major Brazilian electric utilities company. The company's headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro.
Eduardo da Costa Paes is a Brazilian politician who became the mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 2009 to 2012,reelected for a second term from 2013 to 2016 and a third in 2021. He is the city's 13th mayor. On 12 August,at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony,he took the Olympic Flag,via Jacques Rogge,from London Mayor Boris Johnson.
The Brazilian Labour Party was a political party in Brazil registered in 1981 by Ivete Vargas,niece of President Getúlio Vargas. It claimed the legacy of the historical PTB,although many historians reject this because the early version of PTB was a center-left party with wide support in the working class. It was the seventh largest political party in Brazil with more than a million affiliated as of 2022.
Teleférico da Providência is a gondola lift service operating in the Central region of Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. The cable car runs between Central do Brasil and Gamboa,Rio de Janeiro,servicing the unofficial neighborhood of Providência.
Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho,known as Chico Alencar,is a Brazilian politician,historian,and writer,affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).
Benevenuto Daciolo Fonseca dos Santos,known as Cabo Daciolo,is a Brazilian military firefighter,pastor and politician affiliated to Republicans. In 2014,he was elected federal deputy. He was expelled from the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2015 and later affiliated to the Labour Party of Brazil,Patriota,Podemos (PODE),Liberal Party and the Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB).
Wilson JoséWitzel is a Brazilian politician and lawyer who was the 63rd Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. A member of the Social Christian Party,Witzel is a former federal judge and is an ex-marine. On 28 October 2018,he was elected Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro with a four-year term beginning in January 2019,replacing Luiz Fernando Pezão,until his impeachment in April 2021.
The 2020 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro,Brazil in November 2020 to elect a mayor,a vice mayor,and 51 city councillors for the administration of the city. On the 29 November 2020 run-off election,former mayor Eduardo Paes,of the Democrats (DEM),defeated incumbent mayor Marcelo Crivella of the Republicans (REP),who lost his bid for re-election.
Carlos Francisco Portinho,also known as Portinho,is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. In 2018,he was elected first substitute for senator in Rio de Janeiro.
The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election took place in the state of Rio de Janeiro,Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor,vice governor,one senator,two alternate senator,46 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies,and 70 Legislative Assembly members,with a possible second round to be held on 30 October,2022. Under the Constitution of Brazil,the governor will be elected for a four-year term starting 1 January 2023. and with the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 111,it will end on 6 January,2027.
Events in the year 2022 in Brazil.
The 57th Legislature of National Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil,composed by the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It convened in Brasília on 1 February 2023,a month after the inauguration of the winner of the 2022 presidential election.
Eduardo Corrêa Riedel is a Brazilian politician who is the 12th and current Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. A member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party,he previously served as the 27th Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Housing in Mato Grosso do Sul from 2021 to 2022 under Government Reinaldo Azambuja and 20th Secretary of State for Government and Strategic Management of Mato Grosso do Sul from 2015 to 2021.
Events in the year 2023 in Brazil.
Felicio Ramuth is a Brazilian politician who has served as Vice Governor of São Paulo under Governor Tarcísio de Freitas since 2023. Elected in the 2022 gubernatorial election,Ramuth previously served as Mayor of São Josédos Campos from 2017 to 2022. Ramuth was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) until 2022,when he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
Plínio Comte Leite Bittencourt is a Brazilian politician. He is affiliated with Cidadania,of which he is the current president. He served as a councilman and as vice-mayor of the city of Niterói. He later became the Secretary of Education for the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2021. He was a vice-gubernatorial candidate for the 2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election,with Eduardo Paes as the gubernatorial candidate,losing to Wilson Witzel and Cláudio Castro.
The 2024 Curitiba mayoral election took place on 6 October 2024. Voters will elect a mayor,a vice mayor,and 38 councillors. The incumbent mayor,Rafael Greca (PSD) isn't eligible for a new term,since he was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020.
The 2024 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place on 6 October 2024. Voters elected a mayor,vice mayor,and 51 city council members. The incumbent mayor,Eduardo Paes of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),was reelected with his second term to begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2028.
Caio Mario Paes de Andrade is an entrepreneur,administrator,investor,and was a member of Minister Paulo Guedes' economic team. He served as the president of SERPRO,Special Secretary for Bureaucracy Reduction,Management,and Digital Government,responsible for the digital strategy and creation of the GOV.BR Platform,and also as the president of Petrobras from June 2022 to January 2023.
Amanda Brandão Armelau, better known as Índia Armelau,is a Brazilian former swimmer and politician,affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL). She is currently a state deputy in the state of Rio de Janeiro,being the first Indigenous woman elected to the chamber.
