Rafael Fonteles

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Rafael Tajra Fonteles (born 6 May 1985) is a Brazilian mathematician and politician, a member of the Workers’ Party (PT). In 2022, at the age of 37, he was elected governor of Piauí in the first round for the 2023–2027 term, becoming the youngest governor in the history of the state. In 2015, he took office as State Secretary of Finance. In 2019, he was elected president of Comsefaz (National Committee of the Finance Secretaries of the States and the Federal District) for the 2019/2021 term. That same year, he was re-elected for the 2021/2023 term. In March 2022, however, he resigned from the position to run for governor of the state of Piauí for the PT, and was elected in the first round. He is a partner and one of the founders of the Instituto de Ensino Superior (ICEV), a higher education institution focused on applied law, business, management, and technology. During his term as governor, he was responsible for the public-private partnership program for basic sanitation in Piauí.

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