Candidates for the presidency in 2022: see which ones they are

In 2022, 11 candidates are running forPresidency of the Republic, a position that should be held at the Planalto Palace for the next four years. The 2022 elections in Brazil take place in two shifts, the first on October 2 and the second on the 30th of October. Candidates are:

Jair Bolsonaro;
Squid;
Ciro Gomes;
Simone Tebet;
Eymael;
Felipe D ' Avila;
Leo Pericles;
Roberto Jefferson;
Sofia Manzano;
Soraya Thronicke;
Vera Lucia.

Get to know a brief history of each presidential candidate, with the party and the main activities carried out by them. See below.

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Topics of this article

1 - Who are the presidential candidates in 2022?
2 - Elections 2022
3 - Elections and the importance of voting

Who are the presidential candidates in 2022?

→ Jair Bolsonaro

Broken: Liberal Party (PL)
Training: Graduated from Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, in 1977. Retired military, he became captain of the army.

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public life: The current president of the republic of Brazil, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, is seeking re-election. He is the 38th president of Brazil, a position he assumed on January 1, 2019. He was a federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro, between 1991 and 2018. He is from the interior of São Paulo and was born in 1955.
Deputy: Walter Souza Braga Netto (reserve military), from the PL

→ Lula

Broken: Workers' Party (PT)
Training: Former trade unionist and former metallurgist
public life: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is 76 years old and was born in Garanhuns (PE). He began his political life as a trade unionist in 1966. He was president of the republic for two terms from 2003, after being elected in 2002. In 2006, Lula beat candidate Geraldo Alckmin, his current vice-presidential candidate, and was re-elected to the post. He ran for the presidency for the first time in 1989, being defeated by Fernando Collor de Melo. Even before being elected, he had two more losses at the polls, in 1994 and 1998, for the candidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso, both times. He was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for corruption and money laundering in 2017 and, the following year, he was sentenced to prison by then-judge Sergio Moro. In 2021, the convictions were annulled by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Edson Fachin, confirmed in plenary by the Supreme Court in the same year.
Deputy: Geraldo Alckmin, from the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)

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→ Ciro Gomes

Broken: Democratic Labor Party (PDT)
Training: Lawyer and university professor
public life: Despite having made his political life in the state of Ceará, the candidate was born in Pindamonhangaba, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. Mayor of Fortaleza elected in 1988, was also governor of the state in 1990. In 1994, he assumed the Ministry of Finance, resigning as governor at the time. He was also Minister of National Integration from 2003 to 2006, but left the Esplanada dos Ministérios to contest the elections for Congressman, being elected. Served two terms of state representative In Ceara.
Deputy: Ana Paula Matos, doPDT

→ Simone Tebet

Broken: Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB)
Training: Right
public life: Born in Três Lagoas (MS), she is 52 years old and started her political life in 2003, as a state deputy. Between 2005 and 2010, she was mayor of her hometown for two terms. She left office to be deputy governor of Mato Grosso do Sul and, from 2013 to 2014, she was government secretary until, in 2015, she was sworn in as Senator. Tebet became nationally known after her performance in Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) of the Senate Pandemic last year.
Deputy: Mara Gabrilli, from the Social Party of Brazilian Democracy (PSDB-SP)

→ Eymael

Broken: Christian Democracy (DC)
Training: Studied Philosophy and Law.
public life: Born in Porto Alegre, José Maria Eymael is a lawyer specializing in Tax Law. He has been an entrepreneur for 50 years in the areas of Marketing, Communication and IT. He was a university leader when he was young and, during this period, he coordinated national and regional campaigns, such as the one to make textbooks cheaper. He was a constituent deputy and is trying for the sixth time, at the age of 83, the election for the presidency of the republic.
Deputy: João Barbosa Bravo (registered as Professor Bravo), from the Christian Democracy (DC) party

→ Felipe D'Avila

Broken: New
Training: Luiz Felipe D’Avila is a political scientist, with a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Lifepublic: Felipe D’Avila was born in São Paulo and is coordinator of the Unidos Pelo Brasil movement. In 2008, he founded the Center for Public Leadership, a non-profit organization dedicated to training political leaders. He has published ten books and is running for president of the republic for the first time.
Deputy: Tiago Mitraud, from the Novo Party-MG

→ Leo Pericles

Broken: Popular Unity (UP)
Training: Electronics technician and machine maintenance mechanic
public life: The only black man in the presidential race, Leonardo Péricles was born in Belo Horizonte-MG. He started political life through student movements in the early 2000s. In 2008, he ran for councilor of Belo Horizonte, but was not elected. For Popular Unity, in 2020, he was a candidate for deputy mayor of the same city, also failing to win.
Deputy: Dentist Samara Martins, from UP

→ Roberto Jefferson

Broken: Brazilian Labor Party (PTB)
Training: Attorney
public life: Born in Petrópolis-RJ, he is 69 years old and has been in politics for a long time. Before his political career, he participated in television programs in the 1980s, such as Here and now, Sunday night It is The People on TV. He was a federal deputy for six consecutive terms. He also had his mandate revoked, after the confession of having participated in the scheme known as Mensalão. He also denounced the vote-buying scheme, in which he participated. He was convicted of crimes of passive corruption and money laundering. In 2021, he had preventive detention decreed by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, for attacks on institutions on social networks. Their social media accounts were also blocked. In January of this year, he was placed under house arrest.
Deputy: Father Kelmon, from the PTB

IMPORTANT:Recently, Roberto Jefferson's candidacy was challenged. Currently, Father Kelmon is the substitute candidate, and his situation is pending before the Electoral Justice.

→ Sofia Manzano

Broken: Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
Training: Professor and economist, PhD in Economic History
public life: Sofia Manzano was born in the city of São Paulo, in 1971. She was a professor of Economics at the State University of Southwest Bahia (Uesb) in 2013 and, as a result, ended up moving to Vitória da Conquista. Develops research related to the labor market and social inequality in capitalism.
Deputy: Antônio Alves, from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)

→ Soraya Thronicke

Broken: Union Brazil
Training: Attorney
public life: Soraya Thronicke is a lawyer and was born in Dourados (MS). First time candidate for the position, she was already elected senator for her state in 2018, still for the Social Liberal Party (PSL), current União Brasil. She has also been deputy leader of the government in the National Congress and is the political coordinator of the Parliamentary Front for Agriculture (FPA) in the federal Senate, in addition to being a member of eight committees of the House.
Deputy: Marcos Cintra, from União Brasil

→ Vera Lucia

Broken: Unified Socialist Workers Party (PSTU)
Training: Graduated in Social Sciences and shoemaker.
public life: Born in Inajá, Pernambuco, Vera Lúcia has already run for governor of Sergipe, for mayor of Aracaju and for Chamber of Deputies. In 2018, she ran for president of the republic and in 2020 she was the first black woman to run for mayor of São Paulo, the city where she lives.
Deputy: Kunã Yporã (Raquel Tremembé), from the PSTU

Read too:History of elections in Brazil

Elections 2022

According to TSE data, more than 150 million voters are eligible to vote candidates for the presidency, in addition to indicating federal deputies, state deputies, senators and the governor of their respective states.

Voting is mandatory for inhabitants aged between 18 and 70 years old, being optional for people between 16 and 17 years old and for individuals over 70 years old.

Elections and the importance of voting

Voters must carefully analyze the candidates' proposals, the party's ideology, in addition to their history in public life. Election schedules and debates promoted by the media are good ways to analyze candidates.

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[1] Alejandro Zambrana / Shutterstock

[2] Ettore Chiereguini / Shutterstock

[3] Salty View / Shutterstock

[4] Samuel Maciel / Shutterstock

[5] Senate Agency / Wikimedia Commons

[6] Rede Brasil Atual / Wikimedia Commons

[7] Felipe D'Avila Archive / Wikimedia Commons

[8] Newspaper A Verdade / Wikimedia Commons

[9] Nancy Ayumi Kunihiro / Shutterstock

[10] Brazilian Communist Party Archive / Wikimedia Commons

[11] Senate Agency / Wikimedia Commons

[12] Vera Lucia - Romerito Pontes / Wikimedia Commons

By Erica Caetano
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