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Cleitinho Azevedo
Cleitinho Azevedo
Senator for Minas Gerais
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2023
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
	In office; 1 February 2019 – 1 February 2023
Constituency	At-large
Member of the Municipal Chamber of Divinópolis
	In office; 1 January 2017 – 1 February 2019
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Cleiton Gontijo de Azevedo; 15 April 1982 (age 42); Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	Republicanos (2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	Cidadania (2016–2022); PSC (2022);
Profession	Entrepreneur, musician, politician

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'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	PPS	State deputy	115,492 (1.14%)	Elected^[3]
2022	2022 Minas Gerais state elections	PSC	Senator	4,268,193 (41.52%)	Elected^[2]