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Alexandre Kalil | |
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| Mayor of Belo Horizonte | |
| In office January 1, 2017 – March 28, 2022 | |
| Vice Mayor |
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| Preceded by | Marcio Lacerda |
| Succeeded by | Fuad Noman |
| President of Clube Atlético Mineiro | |
| In office 2008–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Luiz Otávio Valadares |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Nepomuceno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1959 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Political party | PSD (2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Sports administrator |
Alexandre Kalil (Belo Horizonte; March 25, 1959) is a Brazilian politician and sports administrator. He served as mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2017 to 2022. He served as president of Clube Atlético Mineiro, a football club based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil that competes in Campeonato Brasileiro, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais. Alexandre Kalil is the president under whom the club has won more official trophies, with six, including its only Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana. He was succeeded by Daniel Nepomuceno, who took over as president of the club in 2014.[1]
Alexandre is of Syrian descent,[2][3] he is the only son of former club president Elias Kalil. Alexandre Kalil's career in Atletico started in the early 1980s, managing its volleyball team.[4] He was also the football director and the president of the deliberation council.
Alexandre Kalil studied Civil Engineering until the fourth of the five-year course, and left to work in the family Engineering company, Erkal, founded by his father Elias and his uncle Roberto Kalil. He registered its candidacy to the Chamber of Deputies in 2014, but gave up campaigning, allegedly tired of politics. Later, he joined the PHS and announced he would run for mayor with the "No More Politicians" motto, presenting himself as an alternative to Brazil's crumbling political system. Running a small-scale campaign, he defeated traditional parties like the ruling PMDB, of president Michel Temer and the Workers' Party and won a narrow second-round victory over João Leite, a former goalkeeper of Clube Atlético Mineiro and a current state legislator of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
- ^ "Daniel Nepomuceno é o novo presidente do Atlético" [Daniel Nepomuceno is Atlético's new president] (in Portuguese). Clube Atlético Mineiro official website. December 3, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ "De Maluf a Temer: como os descendentes sírio-libaneses se destacaram na política nacional". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Dia, Frederico Ribeiro-Hoje em (September 15, 2014). "Refugiados adotam Atlético e reforçam uma ligação histórica". Hoje em Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Strini, Antônio; Alves, Marcus (July 16, 2013). "'Playboy', Kalil construiu hegemonia no vôlei com Atlético-MG durante a década de 80" ['Playboy', Kalil built volleyball hegemony with Atlético Mineiro during the 1980s]. ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 5, 2015.