Flávio Dino

Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born April 30, 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, politician and teacher. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Maranhão. He was elected as the governor of Maranhão after running in the 2014 election.[1] He became the governor of Maranhão on January 1, 2015.[2] He was reelected in 2018.[3]

Flávio Dino
Governor of Maranhão
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Vice GovernorCarlos Brandão
Preceded byArnaldo Melo
President of Embratur
In office
June 17, 2011 – March 11, 2014
Appointed byDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMário Moysés
Succeeded byVicente Neto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Maranhão
In office
February 1, 2007 – February 1, 2011
Personal details
Born
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa

(1968-04-30) April 30, 1968
São Luís, Maranhão
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPT (1987–1994)
PCdoB (2006–present)
Children3
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionFederal judge
Teacher
Lawyer (1990)

Dino also served 3 years as president of Embratur, a federal agency promoting Brazilian tourism, between his legislative term and gubernatorial term.[4] Dino was considered a leading left-wing candidate[5] in the 2022 presidential election but chose to forgo a candidacy, instead choosing to run for Senate.[6]

Early life and family

Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa was born in São Luís on April 30, 1968.[1]

Flávio graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1991, and returned to the Federal University of Maranhão in 1993 as a professor.[1] While working as a professor, Dino got involved with the university's activist scene, and later began advising the university's workers unions.[1]

Political career

Federal judge

Starting in 1994, Dino was elected as a federal judge.[1]

From 2000 to 2002, he served as the chair of the National Association of Federal Judges (AJUFE).[1] During his time as a judge, Dino also served as the Secretary-General of the National Council of Justice (CNJ).[1]

In 2006, he resigned from his position as a judge, and decided to devote himself to politics instead.[1]

2008 São Luís mayoral election

In 2008, he ran for election as the mayor of São Luís, but was defeated by João Castelo of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1]

2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election

Flávio Dino ran in the 2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election, but lost to Roseana Sarney of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.[1]

2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election

Dino ran again in the 2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election.[1] He campaigned on promises of anti-corruption, expanding clean water access, launching a housing construction and renovation program, and improving public security.[1] In 2014, he was elected as the state's governor in the first round of the election, with 63.52 percent of the valid votes.[2][1]

2018 Maranhão gubernatorial election

Dino ran for re-election in the 2018 Maranhão gubernatorial election and won, with 59.29% of the vote in the first round.[3]

References
  1. "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". G1 (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2014-10-05. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. "Flávio Dino, do PCdoB, é eleito governador do Maranhão". G1 (website) (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2014-05-10. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  3. "Resultado da apuração do 1º turno das Eleições 2018 - Maranhão (MA) para governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual". G1 (website) (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 2018-08-10. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  4. Editorial Team (2014-10-05). "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  5. Aires), Augusto Taglioni (Buenos. "Flavio Dino, la nueva estrella de la izquierda brasileña que busca heredar a Lula". www.lapoliticaonline.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. "Flávio Dino decide que irá disputar o Senado em 2022 | Radar". VEJA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-02.
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