Brazil’s Alagoas state governor’s assets grew 545% in 4 years

The assets declared to the Electoral Justice by the governor of Alagoas, Paulo Dantas (MDB), grew 545% from 2018 to 2022, according to data from the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).

Dantas was removed from office by Minister Laurita Vaz of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) on Tuesday, October 11. He was investigated by the Federal Police (PF) in an alleged case of embezzlement of public money in the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas.

In 2018, when he was elected state deputy, Dantas declared R$796,585.48 (US$151,589.10) in assets.

Already in 2022, running for the government of Alagoas, he said he had a net worth of R$5,139,384.67.

The assets of greatest value are two apartments. According to what he declared to the Electoral Justice, one of them was valued at R$1.8 million. The other, at R$1.4 million.

There is no specification of where the properties are located. Two unspecified assets are listed with the same value: R$369,414.91.

In 2018, the asset declared of greater value was an apartment in Maceió, valued at R$489,216.67, and a Mitsubishi Pajero SUV, valued at R$194,779.00.

Dantas was elected state deputy in 2018. In May 2022, he was indirectly elected to a buffer term in the government of Alagoas.

The election was held after the departure of then-governor Renan Filho (MDB) to run for a seat in the Senate. Renan Filho was elected senator on October 2.

The governor is an ally of Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party – PT, left).

He will compete in the runoff elections for the government of Alagoas with Rodrigo Cunha (União Brasil), an ally of the mayor Arthur Lira (PP-AL).

Dantas received 46.64% of the valid votes in the first round. Cunha, 26.79%.

Poder360 contacted the Alagoas government representative to ask about the growth of Paulo Dantas’ assets but had no answer by the time this report was closed.

With information from Poder360