Cláudio Castro
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Thiago Pampolha (2023–2025)
Vacant (2025–2026)
Cláudio Castro | |
|---|---|
 Castro in 2019 | |
| Governor of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 May 2021 – 23 March 2026 Acting: 28 August 2020 – 30 April 2021 | |
| Lieutenant | Vacant (2021–2022) Thiago Pampolha (2023–2025) Vacant (2025–2026) |
| Preceded by | Wilson Witzel |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Couto de Castro (acting) |
| Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 30 April 2021 | |
| Governor | Wilson Witzel |
| Preceded by | Francisco Dornelles |
| Succeeded by | Thiago Pampolha |
| Councillor of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 2017 – 1 January 2019 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cláudio Bomfim de Castro e Silva 29 March 1979 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Party | PL (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PSC (2002–2021) |
| Spouse |
Analine Costa (m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | |
Cláudio Bomfim de Castro e Silva (born 29 March 1979) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician who has served as governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2026.[1] A member of the Liberal Party (PL), he was previously the vice governor of the state, under Governor Wilson Witzel,[2][3] and acceded to the governorship after Witzel's impeachment and removal from office for corruption.[4] He was re-elected in 2022 in the first round.
On 23 March 2026, Castro resigned from the governorship in order to run for the Federal Senate, amid an ongoing trial before the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that could have led to his removal from office. The following day, on 24 March 2026, the TSE convicted him by a 5–2 vote for abuse of political and economic power in the 2022 election and imposed an eight-year ban from holding public office.[5]
