Eduardo Paes

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Costa and the second or paternal family name is Paes.
Eduardo Paes
Sérgio Cabral
Preceded by
  • Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida
  • (Tourism)
    Francisco de Carvalho
  • (Sport)
Succeeded byMárcia Beatriz Lins Izidoro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
3 April 2002 – 1 January 2007
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 1999 – 1 January 2001
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 1997 – 1 February 1999
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born (1969-11-14) 14 November 1969 (age 54)
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Political partyPSD (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PV (1994–1995)
  • PFL (1995–1999; 2001–2003)
  • PTB
    (1999–2001)
  • PSDB (2003–2007)
  • PMDB (2007–2018)
  • DEM (2018–2021)
SpouseCristine Paes
Children2
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (LL.B.)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PG.Cert.)

Eduardo da Costa Paes (Brazilian Portuguese:

London Mayor Boris Johnson
.

Paes was a trenchant critic of the

Lula administration, particularly during the Mensalão scandal in 2005 over alleged payments to congresspeople for votes.[2] When it came to his administration as Rio de Janeiro's mayor, scandals continued to occur.[3]

As mayor during the

Cariocas (the people of Rio de Janeiro).[4]

Paes ran unsuccessfully for Rio de Janeiro state governor in 2018. He was elected for a third term as Rio de Janeiro mayor in 2020, defeating incumbent Marcelo Crivella in the run-off.[5][6]

In 2021, even though being elected mayor by the party Democrats (DEM), Paes was successfully affiliated to the Democratic Social Party (PSD), starting a movement for other politicians connected to the mayor to affiliate themselves to the party.[7]

Personal life

Paes, a

Roman Catholic, is married to Cristine; they have two children.[8]

References

  1. Globo.com
    . 27 October 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ "City Mayors: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes". www.citymayors.com.
  3. ^ Taylor, Adam (1 October 2012). "Mayor of Rio Accused of Paying Rivals $500,000 To Drop Out of Election". Business Insider. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ Jonathan Watts (11 July 2016). "Cities: Rio mayor Eduardo Paes: 'The Olympics are a missed opportunity for Brazil'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Paes e Crivella disputarão o segundo turno das eleições no Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Eduardo Paes, do DEM, é eleito prefeito do Rio de Janeiro". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Prefeito do Rio, Eduardo Paes se filia ao PSD". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ Vives, Fernando (30 August 2012). "Perfil - Eduardo Paes". Yahoo Notícias Brasil (in Breton). Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by
César Maia
 Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
2009–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
2021–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Luiz Paulo Corrêa
(1998)
 PSDB nominee for Governor of Rio de Janeiro
2006 		Most recent
Preceded by PMDB nominee for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
2008, 2012 		Succeeded by
Pedro Paulo
Preceded by
Solange Amaral
(2002, as
PFL
)
 DEM nominee for Governor of Rio de Janeiro
2018 		Most recent
Preceded by DEM nominee for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
2020 		Most recent


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