Ronaldo Caiado

Ronaldo Caiado
Governor of Goiás
Assumed office
1 January 2019
LieutenantLincoln Tejota
Daniel Vilela
Preceded byJosé Eliton Júnior
Senator for Goiás
In office
1 February 2015  1 January 2019
Preceded byCyro Miranda
Succeeded byLuiz Carlos do Carmo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1999  1 February 2015
ConstituencyGoiás
In office
1 February 1991  1 February 1995
ConstituencyGoiás
Personal details
Born
Ronaldo Ramos Caiado

(1949-09-25) 25 September 1949
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
Political partyUNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PSD (1989–93)
  • PFL (1993; 1994–2007)
  • PPR (1993–94)
  • DEM (2007–22)
Spouse
Gracinha Carvalho
(m. 1990)
Children2
Alma materSchool of Medicine and Surgery
ProfessionPhysician

Ronaldo Ramos Caiado (born 25 September 1949) is a Brazilian politician. An orthopedic physician trained at the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro, he comes from a family landowners and politicians from Goiás. He is the grandson of Antonio Ramos Caiado, an oligarch who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1909 to 1921 and a senator from 1921 to 1930. Caiado served as chairman of the União Democrática Ruralista in the late eighties (1986-1989), an organization that aims to defend the interests of landowners.