Cleitinho Azevedo

Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo, often referred to as just Cleitinho (born 15 April 1982), is a Brazilian businessman, musician, and politician. He has been a senator from the state of Minas Gerais since 2023. He previously served as a state deputy in Minas Gerais, as well as a councilman in his hometown of Divinópolis. He is currently affiliated with the Republicanos.

Cleitinho Azevedo
Senator for Minas Gerais
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2023
State Deputy of Minas Gerais
In office 1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023
Constituency	At-large
Councillor of Divinópolis
In office 1 January 2017 – 1 February 2019
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo (1982-04-15) 15 April 1982 (age 43) Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	Republicanos (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	Cidadania (2016–2022) PSC (2022)
Profession	Entrepreneur, musician, politician

Cleitinho's brother is Eduardo Azevedo, who is currently a state deputy in Minas Gerais.^[1] In 2016, he was elected as a councilman in Divinópolis in 2016.^[2] He was elected as a state deputy as part of Cidadania with 115,492 votes.^[3] He left Cidadania in 2022 and became affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) to run for the federal senate.^[4] He was elected to the Senate in 2022 with 41.52% of the vote, beating out other major candidates, including incumbent Alexandre Silveira and Marcelo Aro, for the seat.^[5][6]

Election history

Year	Election	Party	Position	Votes	Result
2016	Divinópolis municipal elections	PPS	Councilman	3,023 (2.62%)	Elected[2]
2018	2018 Minas Gerais state elections		State deputy	115,492 (1.14%)	Elected[3]
2022	2022 Minas Gerais state elections	PSC	Senator	4,268,193 (41.52%)	Elected[2]