Ronaldo Caiado

Ronaldo Caiado
Governor of Goiás
Assumed office
1 January 2019
LieutenantLincoln Tejota
Daniel Vilela
Preceded byJosé Eliton
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
BornRonaldo Ramos Caiado
(1949-09-25) 25 September 1949
Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
PartyPSD (2026–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PSD (1989–93)
  • PFL (1993; 1994–2007)
  • PPR (1993–1994)
  • DEM (2007–2022)
  • UNIÃO (2022–2026)
Spouse
Gracinha Carvalho
(m. 1990)
Children2
Alma materSchool of Medicine and Surgery
ProfessionPhysician
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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.