Ricardo Nunes (MDB) won the second round of elections in São Paulo. With 91.12% of the votes counted, Nunes obtained 59.56% of the valid votes. Guilherme Boulos (Psol) came in second place, with 40.44%.
Ricardo Nunes took over the mayorship of the city of São Paulo when he occupied the mayor’s chair after the death of Bruno Covas (PSDB), who passed away in 2021, a victim of cancer. The MDB candidate, before becoming mayor, was a councilor between 2013 and 2020.
A businessman, he became successful in the pest control business, with a company specializing in the disinfection of ships in the country’s ports. He was founder of the Brazilian Association of Phytosanitary Treatment Companies (Abrafit) and director of the Business Association of the South Region of São Paulo (AESUL). He was also president of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region Development Council.
As a politician in the City Council, he became notable for presiding over the parliamentary commission of inquiry into tax evasion, the CPI on Tax Evasion.
He was also known for defending amnesty for religious temples and defending conservative agendas. He has been a member of the MDB since he was 18 years old. He was elevated to Bruno de Covas’s vice-president when José Luiz Datena withdrew from the election.
Nunes has his electoral base in the south zone, in the Grajaú region. His deputy is the former military police reserve colonel and former president of Ceagesp, Ricardo de Mello Araújo.
At 56 years old, Ricardo Nunes is married and has three children.
