2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

Candidates

Confirmed candidates

Potential candidates

Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB)

• Paulo Messina - City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro since 2017.

  Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)

• Paulo Marinho - Businessman.

  Cidadania (CIDADANIA)

• Marcelo Calero - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; Minister of Culture 2016.

  Liberal Party (PL)

• Cabo Daciolo - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2015−2019. Candidate for President of Brazil in 2018.

  Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)

• Clarissa Garotinho - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2015; Municipal Secretary of Development, Employment and Innovation 2017–2018; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2011–2015; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2009–2011.

  Republicanos (REPUBLICANOS)

• Marcelo Crivella - Mayor of Rio de Janeiro since 2017; Senator for Rio de Janeiro 2003–2017; Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture 2012–2014.

  Social Christian Party (PSC)

• Glória Heloiza - Former State judge of the 2nd Court of the Childhood, Youth and the Elderly of the Justice Court of Rio de Janeiro1996-2020.

  Social Democratic Party (PSD)

• Hugo Leal - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2007.

  Social Liberal Party (PSL)

• Rodrigo Amorim - State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2019.

  Independent politicians

• Washington Fajardo - Former president of Rio World Heritage Institute ; Councillor of Architecture and Urbanism Council of Rio de Janeiro.

  Withdrawn candidates

• Alessandro Molon - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2011; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2003–2011. Candidate for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
• Arolde de Oliveira - Senator from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1984-2019.
• Bruno Kazuhiro - National President of the Democrats' Youth since 2014.
• Carlo Caiado - City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2013-2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2019.
• Hélio Lopes - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019.
• Luiz Paulo Corrêa da Silva - State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2003; Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro 1995–1999.
• Marcelo Freixo - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2019.
• Mariana Ribas - Municipal Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro; Director of Ancine 2018−2019.
• Otoni de Paula - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2017-2019.
• Paulo Rabello de Castro - Former president of BNDES 2017-2018; former president of IBGE 2016-2017.
• Pedro Fernandes Neto - State Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro since 2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2019; Municipal Secretary of Social Assistance and Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro 2017–2018; State Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Social Development of Rio de Janeiro 2017; State Secretary of Social Assistance and Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro 2014, 2017; Municipal Secretary of the Environment of Rio de Janeiro 2008.
• Indio da Costa - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2007–2011, 2015–2019; Municipal Secretary of Urbanism, Infrastructure and Housing of Rio de Janeiro 2017–2018; Municipal Secretary of Administration of Rio de Janeiro 2001–2006; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1997–2006.

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