Ronaldo Caiado | |
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Governor of Goiás | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
Vice Governor | Lincoln Tejota Daniel Vilela |
Preceded by | José Eliton Júnior |
Senator for Goiás | |
In office 1 February 2015 – 1 January 2019 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 February 1999 – 1 February 2015 | |
Constituency | Goiás |
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 February 1995 | |
Constituency | Goiás |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronaldo Ramos Caiado 25 September 1949 Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil |
Political party | UNIÃO (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
Occupation | Physician |
Ronaldo Ramos Caiado (born September 25, 1949) is a Brazilian politician.[1] An orthopedic physician trained at the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro, he comes from a family landowners and politicians from Goiás. He is the grandson of Antonio Ramos Caiado, an oligarch who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1909 to 1921 and a senator from 1921 to 1930. Caiado served as chairman of the União Democrática Ruralista in the late eighties (1986-1989), an organization that aims to defend the interests of landowners.