Flávio Dino
Flávio Dino | |
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Governor of Maranhão | |
Assumed office 1 January 2015 | |
Vice Governor | Carlos Brandão |
Preceded by | Arnaldo Melo |
President of Embratur | |
In office 17 June 2011 – 11 March 2014 | |
Nominated by | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | Mário Moysés |
Succeeded by | Vicente Neto |
Federal Deputy for Maranhão | |
In office 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa 30 April 1968 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
Political party | PSB (2021–current) |
Other political affiliations | |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Federal judge Teacher Lawyer (1990) |
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, politician and teacher. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Maranhão. He was elected as the governor of Maranhão after running in the 2014 election.[1] He became the governor of Maranhão on 1 January 2015.[2] He was reelected in 2018.[3]
Dino also served 3 years as president of Embratur, a federal agency promoting Brazilian tourism, between his legislative term and gubernatorial term.[4] Dino was considered a leading left-wing candidate[5] in the 2022 presidential election but chose to forgo a candidacy, instead choosing to run for Senate.[6]
Early life and family[]
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa was born in São Luís on 30 April 1968.[1]
Flávio graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1991, and returned to the Federal University of Maranhão in 1993 as a professor.[1] While working as a professor, Dino got involved with the university's activist scene, and later began advising the university's workers unions.[1]
Political career[]
Federal judge[]
Starting in 1994, Dino was elected as a federal judge.[1]
From 2000 to 2002,[citation needed] he served as the chair of the National Association of Federal Judges (AJUFE).[1] During his time as a judge, Dino also served as the Secretary-General of the National Council of Justice (CNJ).[1]
In 2006, he resigned from his position as a judge, and decided to devote himself to politics instead.[1]
2008 São Luís mayoral election[]
In 2008, he ran for election as the mayor of São Luís, but was defeated by João Castelo of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1]
2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election[]
Flávio Dino ran in the 2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election, but lost to Roseana Sarney of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.[1]
2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election[]
Dino ran again in the 2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election.[1] He campaigned on promises of anti-corruption, expanding clean water access, launching a housing construction and renovation program, and improving public security.[1] In 2014, he was elected as the state's governor in the first round of the election, with 63.52 percent of the valid votes.[2][1]
2018 Maranhão gubernatorial election[]
Dino ran for re-election in the [3]
and won, with 59.29% of the vote in the first round.References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". G1 (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Flávio Dino, do PCdoB, é eleito governador do Maranhão". G1 (website) (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 10 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Resultado da apuração do 1º turno das Eleições 2018 - Maranhão (MA) para governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual". G1 (website) (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Editorial Team (5 October 2014). "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Aires), Augusto Taglioni (Buenos. "Flavio Dino, la nueva estrella de la izquierda brasileña que busca heredar a Lula". www.lapoliticaonline.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Flávio Dino decide que irá disputar o Senado em 2022 | Radar". VEJA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- Media related to Flávio Dino at Wikimedia Commons
- Governors of Maranhão
- Living people
- Communist Party of Brazil politicians
- Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians
- Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
- 1968 births
- Far-left politics in Brazil
- People from São Luís, Maranhão