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Tião Bocalom

Tião Bocalom

Tião Bocalom, born in 1953 in Bela Vista do Paraíso, Paraná, is a Brazilian mathematician and politician of the PSDB, which reference works place at the centre to centre-right.

Born
1953 (73 years), Bela Vista do Paraíso
Party
Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB))
Wikipedia: centre to centre-right (PSDB)
Ideology: third way, social liberalism, neoliberalism

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He was mayor of Rio Branco from January 2021 until April 2026, when he resigned to run for governor. He is the PSDB's candidate for Governor of Acre in the 2026 election.

Career

Bocalom studied mathematics in Mandaguari in 1976 and sciences in Umuarama in 1978. He was a city councillor in Nova Olímpia, Paraná, in the 1980s, mayor of Acrelândia, Acre, from 1993 to 1996 and from 2000 until March 2006, and Acre's state secretary of agriculture from January 1999 to May 2000 under Governor Jorge Viana. He ran for governor in 2006 (about 11%) and 2010 (about 49% in the first round, losing by under 5,000 votes) and for mayor of Rio Branco in 2008 and 2012. He won the Rio Branco mayoralty in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024 with about 54%. He has moved through many parties and rejoined the PSDB in 2026.

Offices held
  1. Mayor of Rio Branco 2021–2028
  2. State secretary of Acre 1999–2000

Source: Wikidata

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Wikipedia

  1. Tião Bocalom <1%
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Acre Governor Election Winner 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Mailza AssisCentre-right4999%
Alan RickCentre-right491%
Tião BocalomCentre73<1%
Dr. Luisinho<1%
Eudo Raffael<1%
Thor Dantas<1%

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