Professora Maria do Carmo

She joined the Liberal Party (PL) in April 2025 and has never held elected office. In 2024 she was the PL-Novo candidate for vice-mayor of Manaus. She is a pre-candidate of the Liberal Party for Governor of Amazonas in the 2026 election.

Career

According to Itatiaia, Maria do Carmo studied accounting at the Federal University of Amazonas and law at Universidade Nilton Lins, and holds a master's degree in procedural law and a doctorate in a legal field. With her husband Wellington Lins de Albuquerque she founded the institution that became the Centro Universitário Fametro, where she is rector, and she also maintains the Faculdade Santa Teresa and leads other educational institutions. She joined the Novo party in 2024 and the Liberal Party in April 2025. In 2024 she was the PL-Novo coalition's candidate for vice-mayor of Manaus on a ticket with Capitão Alberto Neto, which lost the runoff to the re-elected David Almeida. She had earlier presented herself as a pre-candidate for mayor before withdrawing.

Positions

Itatiaia reports that Maria do Carmo has criticised Supreme Court decisions concerning Jair Bolsonaro and those convicted over the 8 January 2023 riots, defends a broad amnesty and considers Bolsonaro's trial unfair. The outlet also notes her proposal to direct patients of the public health system SUS to private hospitals, which it describes as a debated public-policy idea. Reference works place her party, the Liberal Party, on the right to far-right of the spectrum.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Itatiaia · Wikipedia