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Tarcísio de Freitas

Tarcísio de Freitas

Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, born in 1975, is a Brazilian civil engineer and politician of Republicanos.

Born
1975 (51 years), Rio de Janeiro
Party
Republicanos
Education
Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras
Political position

Right · Where sources place the party (Republicanos)
Wikipedia: Republicanos is right-wing; he is a pro-market conservative
Ideology: conservatism, economic liberalism, privatisation

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He directed the national transport infrastructure department from 2014 to 2015, was Minister of Infrastructure from 2019 to 2022 and has been Governor of São Paulo since 2023. In 2026 he sought re-election as governor and is not among the presidential candidates; he is named in the 2026 Brazilian presidential election market.

Career

Born on 19 June 1975, he was director general of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (2014-2015), Minister of Infrastructure in the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022), and became Governor of São Paulo in 2023 for Republicanos, which he joined in 2022. Gazeta do Povo describes him in 2026 as governor of São Paulo for Republicanos, not as a presidential candidate.

Offices held
  1. Governor of São Paulo 2023–2026
  2. Minister of Infrastructure 2019–2022

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia describes him as a pro-market conservative with a technocratic focus who advocates privatisation, public-private partnerships and infrastructure concessions.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Gazeta do Povo

Photo: Ciete Silvério/Governo do Estado de SP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Brazil Presidential Election 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Flávio BolsonaroRight4585%
Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLeft8015%
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%
Camilo Santana ResolvedCentre-left580%
Tarcísio de Freitas ResolvedRight510%

All 19 outcomes

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