Tarcísio de Freitas
Tarcísio de Freitas | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Tarcísio in 2019 | |
| Governor-elect of São Paulo | |
| Assuming office 1 January 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Felicio Ramuth |
| Succeeding | Rodrigo Garcia |
| Minister of Infrastructure | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Valter Casimiro Silveira |
| 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 Ernesto Pinto Fraxe |
| Succeeded by | Adailton Cardoso Dias |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas 19 June 1975 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Republicanos (2022–present) |
| Alma mater | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Brazil |
| Branch/service |  Brazilian Army |
| Rank |  Captain |
Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (born 19 June 1975), known mononymously as Tarcísio, is a Brazilian engineer and politician who is the governor-elect of São Paulo, scheduled to assume office on 1 January 2023. Tarcísio was Minister of Infrastructure of the Jair Bolsonaro administration, being nominated on 27 November 2018 and taking office on 1 January 2019. [1][2] He resigned on 31 March 2022 in order to run for the 2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election.[3] In the October 2022 run-off Tarcísio defeated PT candidate Fernando Haddad, and is due to become the first elected governor of São Paulo in 28 years to not be a PSDB member.[4][a]
Biography
A government employee linked to the legislative consultancy body of the Chamber of Deputies, Gomes is a graduate of Agulhas Negras Military Academy and also graduated in engineering at the Military Institute of Engineering, where he scored the highest average grade in the institution.[5]
Gomes served as engineer for the Brazilian Army, chief of the technical section of the Engineering Company of Brazil at United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and auditing coordinator in the Transportation Division of the Comptroller 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-president Dilma Rousseff, after a crisis caused by corruption allegations. He ascended to the directory-general in 2014.[6]
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 and concessions.
Personal life
Freitas is Roman Catholic.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ Governors Cláudio Lembo (DEM) and Márcio França (PSB) were not elected to the office of governor, having assumed the position as vice governors.
References
- ^ Vilela, Pedro Rafael (27 November 2018). "Bolsonaro indica ex-diretor do Dnit para Ministério da Infraestrutura" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Mazui, Guilherme (27 November 2018). "Bolsonaro anuncia ex-diretor do Dnit Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas para ministro da Infraestrutura" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Andrade', 'Tainá (2022-03-31). "Tarcísio Freitas deixa o ministério para concorrer ao governo de SP". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Martins', 'Thays (30 October 319). "Apoiado por Bolsonaro, Tarcísio de Freitas é eleito governador de São Paulo". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Rothenburg, Denise (28 November 2018). "Bolsonaro aumenta número de ministérios para atender núcleos econômico, militar e político" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Borges, André (22 September 2014). "Diretor assume chefia do DNIT no lugar de general" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Quem é Tarcísio de Freitas, o 3º "superministro" de Bolsonaro". 20 May 2019.
- ^ "O trator que acelera o governo federal". 2 December 2019.