Flávio Dino
{{Short description|Brazilian attorney, politician and teacher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Castro|Costa}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Flávio Dino
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| image = Flávio Dino, ministro do STF.png
| caption = Dino in 2024
| office = Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
| term_start = 22 February 2024
| appointer = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| predecessor = Rosa Weber
| office1 = Senator for Maranhão
| term_start1 = 1 February 2023
| term_end1 = 20 February 2024{{refn|Licensed while serving as Minister of Justice and Public Security, between February 1, 2023 and February 1, 2024. Resigned from office on February 21, 2024 to take office as Minister of the Supreme Federal Court.}}
| successor1 = Ana Paula Lobato
| office2 = Minister of Justice and Public Security
| term_start2 = 1 January 2023
| term_end2 = 1 February 2024
| president2 = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| predecessor2 = Anderson Torres
| successor2 = Ricardo Lewandowski
| office3 = Governor of Maranhão
| term_start3 = 1 January 2015
| term_end3 = 2 April 2022
| lieutenant3 = Carlos Brandão
| predecessor3 = Arnaldo Melo
| successor3 = Carlos Brandão
| office4 = Chair of the Brazilian Tourist Board
| term_start4 = 17 June 2011
| term_end4 = 11 March 2014
| president4 = Dilma Rousseff
| predecessor4 = Mário Moysés
| successor4 = Vicente Neto
| office5 = Federal Deputy
| term_start5 = 1 February 2007
| term_end5 = 1 February 2011
| constituency5 = Maranhão
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|4|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
| birthname = Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa
| spouse = {{marriage|Deane de Castro|1990|2011|end=div}}
{{marriage|Daniela Lima|2011}}
| children = 5
| father = Sálvio Dino
| party = {{Plainlist|
}}
| alma_mater = Federal University of Maranhão (LLB)
Federal University of Pernambuco (LLM)
| occupation = Federal judge (1994–2006)
}}
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney, Supreme Court Justice, politician and professor. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006 under the Communist Party banner, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Maranhão. He was elected as the governor of Maranhão after running in the 2014 election. He became the governor of Maranhão on 1 January 2015.{{Cite web|date=10 May 2014|title=Flávio Dino, do PCdoB, é eleito governador do Maranhão|url=http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/flavio-dino-do-pcdob-e-eleito-governador-do-maranhao.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115070759/http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/flavio-dino-do-pcdob-e-eleito-governador-do-maranhao.html|archive-date=15 January 2020|access-date=30 November 2020|website=G1|publisher=Grupo Globo|language=pt-BR}} He was reelected in 2018.{{Cite web|date=10 August 2018|title=Resultado da apuração do 1º turno das Eleições 2018 - Maranhão (MA) para governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual.|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/ma/apuracao/governador.ghtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504022938/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/ma/apuracao/governador.ghtml|archive-date=4 May 2019|access-date=30 November 2020|website=G1|publisher=Grupo Globo|language=pt-br}} In 2021, Dino left the Communist Party to join the Socialist Party, and was appointed Minister of Justice by President Lula.
Dino also served 3 years as president of Embratur, a federal agency promoting Brazilian tourism, between his legislative term and gubernatorial term.{{Cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/conheca-o-perfil-de-flavio-dino-governador-eleito-do-maranhao.html |title=Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão |work=Globo |date=5 October 2014 |access-date=2 July 2017}} Dino was considered a leading left-wing candidate{{Cite web|author=Augusto Taglioni |title=Flavio Dino, la nueva estrella de la izquierda brasileña que busca heredar a Lula|url=https://www.lapoliticaonline.com.mx/nota/134012-flavio-dino-la-nueva-estrella-de-la-izquierda-brasilena-que-busca-heredar-a-lula/|access-date=2 January 2021|website=La Politica|language=es-ar}} in the 2022 presidential election but chose to forgo a candidacy, instead choosing to run for Senate.{{Cite web|title=Flávio Dino decide que irá disputar o Senado em 2022: Radar|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/blog/radar/flavio-dino-decide-que-ira-disputar-o-senado-em-2022/|access-date=2 January 2021|website=VEJA|language=pt-BR}}
While performing his duty as Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino was nominated by President Lula to the Supreme Court of Brazil, being sworn in office on 22 February 2024 after his confirmation by the Brazilian Senate.
Early life and family
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa was born in São Luís on 30 April 1968.{{Cite web|date=5 October 2014|title=Conheça o perfil de Flávio Dino, governador eleito do Maranhão|url=http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/conheca-o-perfil-de-flavio-dino-governador-eleito-do-maranhao.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925180050/http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/conheca-o-perfil-de-flavio-dino-governador-eleito-do-maranhao.html|archive-date=25 September 2019|access-date=30 November 2020|website=G1|publisher=Grupo Globo|language=pt-br}}
Flávio graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1991, and returned to the Federal University of Maranhão in 1993 as a professor. While working as a professor, Dino got involved with the university's activist scene, and later began advising the university's workers unions.
Political career
= Federal judge =
Starting in 1994, Dino became a federal judge, ranking first in among the applicants.
From 2000 to 2002,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} he served as the chair of the National Association of Federal Judges (AJUFE). During his time as a judge, Dino also served as the Secretary-General of the National Council of Justice (CNJ).
In 2006, he resigned from his position as a judge, and decided to devote himself to politics instead.
= 2008 São Luís mayoral election =
In 2008, he ran for election as the mayor of São Luís, but was defeated by João Castelo of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).
= 2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election =
Flávio Dino ran in the 2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election, but lost to Roseana Sarney of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.
= 2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election =
Dino ran again in the 2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election. He campaigned on promises of anti-corruption, expanding clean water access, launching a housing construction and renovation program, and improving public security. In 2014, he was elected as the state's governor in the first round of the election, with 63.52 percent of the valid votes.
= 2018 Maranhão gubernatorial election =
= 2022 Maranhão senatorial election =
Dino resigned as the governor of Maranhão on 2 April 2022,{{Cite web |last=Portela |first=Michelle |date=31 March 2022 |title=Flávio Dino deixa governo do Maranhão para disputar Senado |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/03/4997254-flavio-dino-deixa-governo-do-maranhao-para-disputar-senado.html |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=Correio Braziliense |language=pt-BR}} in order to run in the 2022 Maranhão gubernatorial election as a candidate for the Federal Senate.{{Cite web |title=Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais - Flávio Dino |url=https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/2022/2040602022/MA/100001607043 |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais |archive-date=30 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730163219/https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/2022/2040602022/MA/100001607043 |url-status=dead }}
= Electoral history =
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2010 Maranhão gubernatorial election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roseana Sarney (incumbent)
| party = Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
| votes = 1,459,792
| percentage = 50.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Flávio Dino
| party = Communist Party of Brazil
| votes = 859,402
| percentage = 29.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jackson Lago
| party = Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
| votes = 569,412
| percentage = 19.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Marcos Silva
| party = United Socialist Workers' Party
| votes = 14,685
| percentage = 0.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Saulo Arcangeli
| party = Socialism and Liberty Party
| votes = 8,898
| percentage = 0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Josival Corrêa
| party = Brazilian Communist Party
| votes = 2,518
| percentage = 0.09
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
| candidate = (Invalid votes)
| votes = 370,393
| percentage = 11.27
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 3,285,100
| percentage = 76.03
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = 4,320,748
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Brazilian Democratic Movement
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2014 Maranhão gubernatorial election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Flávio Dino
| party = Communist Party of Brazil
| votes = 1,877,064
| percentage = 63.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edison Lobão Filho
| party = Brazilian Democratic Movement
| votes = 995,619
| percentage = 33.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Luís Antônio Pedrosa
| party = Socialism and Liberty Party
| votes = 33,749
| percentage = 1.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Saulo Arcangeli
| party = United Socialist Workers' Party
| votes = 27,304
| percentage = 0.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Zeluis Lago
| party = Free Fatherland Party (Brazil)
| votes = 17,650
| percentage = 0.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Josival Corrêa
| party = Brazilian Communist Party
| votes = 3,574
| percentage = 0.12
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
| candidate = (Invalid votes)
| votes = 478,712
| percentage = 13.94
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 3,433,672
| percentage = 76.37
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = 4,495,864
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Communist Party of Brazil
| loser = Brazilian Democratic Movement
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2018 Maranhão gubernatorial election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Flávio Dino (incumbent)
| party = Communist Party of Brazil
| votes = 1,867,396
| percentage = 59.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roseana Sarney
| party = Brazilian Democratic Movement
| votes = 947,191
| percentage = 30.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Maura Jorge
| party = Social Liberal Party (Brazil)
| votes = 247,988
| percentage = 7.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roberto Rocha
| party = Brazilian Social Democracy Party
| votes = 64,446
| percentage = 2.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ramon Zapata
| party = United Socialist Workers' Party
| votes = 11,410
| percentage = 0.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Odívio Neto
| party = Socialism and Liberty Party
| votes = 11,409
| percentage = 0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
| candidate = (Invalid votes)
| votes = 454,742
| percentage = 12.62
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 3,604,582
| percentage = 79.46
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = 4,536,193
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Communist Party of Brazil
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2022 Brazilian Senate election in Maranhão
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Flávio Dino
| party = Brazilian Socialist Party
| votes = 2,125,811
| percentage = 62.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roberto Rocha (incumbent)
| party = Brazilian Labour Party (1981)
| votes = 1,211,174
| percentage = 35.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Antônio Cariongo
| party = Socialism and Liberty Party
| votes = 34,294
| percentage = 1.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Ivo Nogueira
| party = Christian Democracy (Brazil)
| votes = 24,875
| percentage = 0.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Saulo Arcangeli
| party = United Socialist Workers' Party
| votes = 10,206
| percentage = 0.30
}}
{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change
| candidate = (Invalid votes)
| votes = 511,852
| percentage = 13.06
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 3,918,212
| percentage = 77.79
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = 5,036,730
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Brazilian Socialist Party
| loser = Brazilian Labour Party (1981)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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