Roberto Cidade

A state deputy for Amazonas since 2019 and twice president of the state Legislative Assembly, he became governor of Amazonas in April 2026 and was chosen by the assembly in an indirect election in May 2026. He is named among the possible contenders in the 2026 Amazonas governor election.

Career

According to Wikipedia, Cidade ran unsuccessfully for Manaus city council in 2016 and was elected state deputy in 2018, briefly holding a Manaus council seat in December 2018 before joining the state assembly in February 2019. He was elected president of the Amazonas Legislative Assembly in 2020 and again in 2023, and was re-elected deputy in 2022 with 105,510 votes, described as the most for a state deputy in Amazonas history. His parties were PTN/Podemos from 2016, PV from 2018 to 2022 and União Brasil from 2022. In April 2026 he assumed the governorship after Governor Wilson Lima and Vice-Governor Tadeu de Souza resigned together, and in May 2026 the assembly elected him governor with 24 votes, with Serafim Corrêa (PSB) as vice-governor.

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