Paulo Dantas

Paulo Suruagy do Amaral Dantas is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement, is the current governor of Alagoas.

Biography

Born in Maceió, the capital city of Alagoas, he is the son of former president of the Legislative [Assembly of Alagoas] Luiz Dantas. In 2004, he was elected as mayor in the municipality of Batalha, being re-elected in 2008.
On May 15, 2022, he was indirectly elected for a "buffer term" until December 31, 2022, through the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, after the last directly elected governor, Renan Filho, resigned in order to run for the Senate in the 2022 [Brazilian general election] and the Vice Governor at the time Luciano Barbosa, had resigned in 2020 after being elected as the mayor of Arapiraca.

2022 election

Dantas is currently running for a first full term as Governor of Alagoas. He received 46.64% of the vote in the first round and face right-wing candidate Rodrigo Cunha in the second round. In the second round, he won the election with 46.64% of the valid votes.