Cleitinho Azevedo
Senator for Minas Gerais
Assumed office
1 February 2023
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
In office
1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023
ConstituencyAt-large
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Divinópolis
In office
1 January 2017 – 1 February 2019
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo

(1982-04-15) 15 April 1982
Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyRepublicanos (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
ProfessionEntrepreneur, musician, politician

Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo, often referred to as just Cleitinho (born 15 April 1982), is a Brazilian businessman, musician, and politician. He has been a senator from the state of Minas Gerais since 2023. He previously served as a state deputy in Minas Gerais, as well as a councilman in his hometown of Divinópolis. He is currently affiliated with the Republicanos.

Cleitinho's brother is Eduardo Azevedo, who is currently a state deputy in Minas Gerais.[1] In 2016, he was elected as a councilman in Divinópolis in 2016.[2] He was elected as a state deputy as part of Cidadania with 115,492 votes.[3] He left Cidadania in 2022 and became affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) to run for the federal senate.[4] He was elected to the Senate in 2022 with 41.52% of the vote, beating out other major candidates, including incumbent Alexandre Silveira and Marcelo Aro, for the seat.[5][6]

Election history

Year Election Party Position Votes Result
2016 Divinópolis municipal elections PPS
Councilman
 3,023

(2.62%)

 Elected[2]
2018 2018 Minas Gerais state elections 115,492

(1.14%)

 Elected[3]
2022 2022 Minas Gerais state elections PSC 4,268,193

(41.52%)

 Elected[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ronan, Gabriel (3 October 2022). "ALMG: irmão de Cleitinho, Eduardo Azevedo é deputado mais votado entre novatos | O TEMPO". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Minas Gerais escolhe Cleitinho para o Senado". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Deputy's page at ALMG". Deputados da 19 legislatura de 01/02/2019 a 31/01/2023. Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Estado de Minas (31 March 2022). "Cleitinho troca Cidadania pelo PSC e tenta emplacar candidatura ao Senado". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Resultados – TSE". resultados.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cleitinho Azevedo, do PSC, é eleito senador por Minas Gerais". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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