José Carlos Barbosa

His Excellency
Barbosinha
Vice-Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul
Assuming office
1 January 2023
GovernorEduardo Riedel
SucceedingMurilo Zauith
State Deputy of Mato Grosso do Sul
In office
1 February 2015 – 1 February 2023
ConstituencyAt-large
21st Secretary of State for Justice and Public Security of Mato Grosso do Sul
In office
1 April 2016 – 9 December 2017
GovernorReinaldo Azambuja
Preceded bySilvio Maluf
Succeeded byAntônio Carlos Videira
Personal details
Born
José Carlos Barbosa

(1964-10-26) 26 October 1964 (age 60)
São Simão, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyProgressistas
Spouse
Maristela de Castro Menezes
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(m. 1993)​
Children
  • José Pedro Menezes Barbosa
EducationUniversity of Brasília[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

José Carlos Barbosa (born October 26, 1964), professionally known as Barbosinha, is a Brazilian politician and lawyer who is the 11th and current Vice-Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul in the government of Eduardo Riedel. Member of the Progressives Party, she previously served as State Deputy for Mato Grosso do Sul between 2015 and 2023 and 21st Secretary of State for Justice and Public Security of Mato Grosso do Sul from 2016 to 2017 in the government of Reinaldo Azambuja.

Career

At the age of 13, Barbosa was the first official hired by the then-new municipal government in Angélica. Barbosa then moved to Dourados, where he worked as a banker and studied law at the Centro Universitário da Grande Dourados [pt].[1]

In 1989, at the age of 23, he became mayor of Angélica,[2] After his term, he returned to Dourados and worked as a lawyer, banker, and university professor.[1]

Barbosa was named to head the Empresa de Saneamento de Mato Grosso do Sul [pt] (Mato Grosso Sanitation Company) in 2007;[3] in 2012, he was elected president of the Brazilian Association of State Sanitation Companies, the first from Mato Grosso do Sul.[1] In 2014, he was elected state deputy in Mato Grosso do Sul; he took leave from the legislature in 2016 when he was named secretary of the state Secretariat of Justice and Public Security (Secretaria de Estado de Justiça e Segurança Pública de Mato Grosso do Sul [pt]), serving in the position for 20 months.[4][1] In 2019, he was reelected as state deputy.[1]

Personal life

In 1993, he married Maristela de Castro Menezes, a doctor. The two have a son, José Pedro Menezes Barbosa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Assembleia Legislativa de Mato Grosso do Sul - Details". Site Oficial da Assembleia Legislativa de Mato Grosso do Sul (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "Discurso de posse na prefeitura de Angélica, aos 23 anos de idade". Barbosinha - Deputado Estadual do MS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ^ "Presidente da Sanesul é eleito para comandar entidade nacional". Campo Grande News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  4. ^ bbento, Mahmod A. Issa /. "Desafio marca início de trabalho de José Carlos Barbosa frente à Sejusp". www.agepen.ms.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-31.