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Álvaro Dias

Álvaro Dias

Álvaro Costa Dias, born in Caicó, is a Brazilian physician and politician of the Liberal Party (PL).

Party
Liberal Party
Political position

Right · Where sources place the party (Liberal Party)
Wikipedia: right-wing to far-right (Liberal Party)
Ideology: Bolsonarism, national conservatism, right-wing populism, economic liberalism, Christian right

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He was mayor of Natal from 2018 to 2026, after serving as state deputy, president of the Rio Grande do Norte Legislative Assembly and federal deputy. He is the PL's pre-candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Norte in the 2026 election, endorsed by the PSDB.

Career

According to Itatiaia, Dias holds a medical degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He was vice-mayor of Caicó in 1989 and was first elected state deputy in 1990, winning again in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2014. He presided over the state Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2003 and acted as governor for eight days in January 1998. He was a federal deputy from 2002 to 2007, vice-mayor of Natal from 2016, and mayor from April 2018 when Carlos Eduardo Alves resigned; he was re-elected in 2020 with 56.58% in the first round. In 2026 he left Republicanos after a dispute over its state leadership with Allyson Bezerra's group, joined the PL, and received the PSDB's endorsement in July.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Itatiaia · Wikipedia

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Rio Grande do Norte Governor Election Winner 2026

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AllysonCentre-right80%
Cadu de LulaCentre-left17%
Arinalda do MLB<1%
Carlos Jararaca<1%
Dário Barbosa<1%
Henrique Lyra<1%
Professor Robério Paulino<1%
Rodrigo Bolsonaro<1%
Álvaro DiasRight<1%

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