Flávio Dino

Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, politician and professor. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006 under the Communist Party banner, 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 1 January 2015.[2] He was reelected in 2018.[3] In 2021, Dino left the Communist Party to join the Socialist Party, and was appointed Minister of Justice by President Lula.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Castro and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Flávio Dino
Official portrait of Dino as senator, 2023.
Minister of Justice and Public Security
Assumed office
1 January 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byAnderson Torres
Senator for Maranhão
In office
1 February 2023 – 2 February 2023
Preceded byRoberto Rocha
Succeeded byAna Paula Lobato
Governor of Maranhão
In office
1 January 2015 – 2 April 2022
LieutenantCarlos Brandão
Preceded byArnaldo Melo
Succeeded byCarlos Brandão
Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board
In office
17 June 2011 – 11 March 2014
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byMário Moysés
Succeeded byVicente Neto
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2007 – 1 February 2011
ConstituencyMaranhão
Personal details
Born
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa

(1968-04-30) 30 April 1968
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Political partyPSB (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PCdoB (2006–2021)
  • PT (1987–1994)
Spouse(s)
Deane de Castro
​
​
(m. 1990; div. 2011)​

Daniela Lima
​
(m. 2011)​
Children3
Parent
Alma materFederal University of Maranhão (LLB)
Federal University of Pernambuco (LLM)
OccupationFederal judge (1994–2006)

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 30 April 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 became a federal judge, ranking first in among the applicants.[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]

2022 Maranhão senatorial election

Dino resigned as the governor of Maranhão on 2 April 2022,[7] in order to run in the 2022 Maranhão gubernatorial election as a candidate for the Federal Senate.[8]

References
  1. "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. "Flávio Dino, do PCdoB, é eleito governador do Maranhão". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 10 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. "Resultado da apuração do 1º turno das Eleições 2018 - Maranhão (MA) para governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. Editorial Team (5 October 2014). "Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  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 2 January 2021.
  6. "Flávio Dino decide que irá disputar o Senado em 2022 | Radar". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. Portela, Michelle (31 March 2022). "Flávio Dino deixa governo do Maranhão para disputar Senado". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  8. "Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais - Flávio Dino". Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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