Ratinho Júnior

A Brazilian politician who worked in radio and television and ran his family's media companies, he is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the incumbent Governor of Paraná since 2019. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2026 Brazilian presidential election.

Career

He worked at several radio and television stations in Paraná and managed his family's media companies before entering politics. He was a state deputy from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2017 to 2019, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2007 to 2015. He served as Secretary of Urban Development in 2013–2014 and 2015–2017. He has been Governor of Paraná since 2019, winning the governorship in 2018 and 2022. He has belonged to the PSD since 2016, having earlier represented the Socialist Party, Cidadania and the Social Christian Party.

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Photo: Assembleia Legislativa do Paraná, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)