Rodrigo Cunha | |
|---|---|
 Cunha in 2019 | |
| Senator for Alagoas | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2019 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas | |
| In office 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019 | |
| Constituency | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 May 1981 Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil |
| Political party | PODE (2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
Rodrigo Santos Cunha (born 27 November 1954), better known as Rodrigo Cunha, is a Brazilian politician and lawyer, who has served as Senator for Alagoas since 2019 for the Podemos party, which has an anti-corruption platform.[1]
Cunha previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas for the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party, before running a bid for the senate, noted by a striking independence from his party's coalition with the Alagoas politician and former president Fernando Collor de Mello, who was impeached in 1992 accused of corruption.
Cunha ran for governor in 2022 as a part of the big-tent Brazil Union party, losing in the second round to Paulo Dantas, but beating out Collor.[2]
- ^ "Senador Rodrigo Cunha - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Rodrigo Cunha é lançado candidato a governador de Alagoas pelo União Brasil". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2024-02-24.