Geraldo Júnior

{{Short description|Brazilian lawyer and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Geraldo Júnior

| image = Posse do Governador Jerônimo (52599298462) (CROPPED).jpg

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| office1 = Vice-governor of Bahia

| governor1 = Jerônimo Rodrigues

| term_start1 = 1 January 2023

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = João Felipe de Souza Leão

| successor1 =

| office2 = Councilman of Salvador

| term_start2 = 1 January 2013

| term_end2 = 1 January 2023

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| successor2 =

| birth_name = Geraldo Alves Ferreira Júnior

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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| party = {{unbulleted list|PTC (2001–2002)|PRTB (2002–2007)|PTN (2007–2013)|Solidariedade (2013–2020)|MDB (2020–present)}}

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| occupation = Lawyer

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Geraldo Alves Ferreira Júnior (born 7 May 1969) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician who has been the vice-governor of the state of Bahia since 2023.{{Cite web|last=Cibelle|first=Louise|url=https://www.bahia.ba.gov.br/2023/01/noticias/biografia-do-vice-governador-geraldo-junior/|title=Biografia do vice-governador Geraldo Júnior|date=1 January 2023|access-date=7 December 2023|website=Portal Gov Bahia|language=pt-BR}} A member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, he was previously a councilor for Salvador from 2013 to 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.cms.ba.gov.br/vereadores/geraldo-junior|title=Vereadores - 19ª Legislatura (2021-2024) - Câmara Municipal de Salvador|access-date=2023-06-17|website=www.cms.ba.gov.br|archive-date=2023-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405035058/https://www.cms.ba.gov.br/vereadores/geraldo-junior|url-status=dead}} Geraldo Júnior and Jerônimo Rodrigues were elected in 2022 with 4,480,464 votes, or 52.79% percent of the vote.

His father, Geraldo Alves Ferreira, had also been a councilman in Salvador during the 1990s. Geraldo Júnior graduated with a law degree from the Catholic University of Salvador, as well as a post-graduate degree in civil processes.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/ba/bahia/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/10/31/advogado-comunicador-e-presidente-da-camara-de-salvador-conheca-geraldo-junior-vice-governador-eleito-da-bahia.ghtml|title=Advogado, comunicador e presidente da Câmara de Salvador: conheça Geraldo Júnior, vice governador eleito da Bahia|date=31 October 2022|access-date=7 December 2023|website=G1|language=pt-br}} He had worked for the city of Salvador from 1993 to 2000. He later became the Municipal Secretary of Work, Sport and Leisure in 2017, and was seen as a confidante of then-mayor ACM Neto. He became a councilman in his own right in Salvador from 2013 to 2023, having also served as council president.