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Geraldo Alckmin

Geraldo Alckmin

Geraldo Alckmin was born on 7 November 1952 and is a Brazilian physician specialising in anaesthesiology.

Born
1952 (73 years), Pindamonhangaba
Party
Brazilian Socialist Party
Office
Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services of Brazil 2023–
Education
Universidade de Taubaté, Harvard University
Political position

Centre · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: pro-business centrist, per analysts and supporters
Ideology: centrism, liberalism

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A member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) since 2022 after decades in the PSDB, he has been Vice President of Brazil since 2023 and was twice Governor of São Paulo. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2026 Brazilian presidential election.

Career

He began in municipal politics in his hometown Pindamonhangaba, where he was mayor from 1977 to 1982. He was a state and federal deputy from 1983 to 1994, Vice Governor of São Paulo from 1995 to 2001, and Governor of São Paulo in 2001–2006 and 2011–2018. He belonged to the PSDB from 1988 to 2021, a party he helped found, and joined the PSB in 2022. He has been Vice President of Brazil since 2023, in the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Offices held
  1. Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services of Brazil 2023–
  2. Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil 2023–2026
  3. Governor of São Paulo 2001–2006, 2011–2018

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Political analysts and supporters usually describe him, according to Wikipedia, as a pro-business centrist closely associated with the political and financial establishment. His move from the PSDB to the PSB in 2022 put him on the ticket of Lula, a former opponent.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Brazil Presidential Election 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Flávio BolsonaroRight4585%
Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLeft8015%
Tarcísio de Freitas ResolvedRight510%
Jair Bolsonaro ResolvedFar right710%
Fernando Haddad ResolvedCentre-left630%
Michelle Bolsonaro ResolvedRight440%
Eduardo Bolsonaro ResolvedFar right420%
Ratinho Júnior ResolvedCentre450%
Renan Santos Resolved420%
Ronaldo Caiado ResolvedRight770%
Romeu Zema ResolvedCentre-right610%
Geraldo Alckmin ResolvedCentre730%

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