Brazilian general election, 2010
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In October 3, 2010 Brazil will choose the successor of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. If none of the candidates receives more than half of the valid votes, a run-off will be held on October 24.
Brazilians will also choose all members of the Chamber of Deputies, two thirds of the Federal Senate, as well 26 governors of 26 states and of the Federal District.
According to the Constitution of Brazil, the President is elected directly to a four-year term, with a term limit of two terms. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is not allowed to run again, because he was elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006.
[edit] Candidates to the presidency of the Republic
[edit] Possible candidates
| Possible candidate | Age in 2010 | Current party | Profession | Graduation | Spouse |
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| Aécio Neves | 50 | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) | Economist, current governor of Minas Gerais | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) | — |
| Ciro Gomes | 53 | Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) | Lawyer, former minister of National Unison | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFCE) | Patrícia Pillar |
| Dilma Rousseff | 63 | Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) | Economist, current minister of the Chief of Staff | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) | Carlos Araújo |
| Geraldo Alckmin | 58 | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) | Physician, former governor of São Paulo | Universidade de Taubaté (UNITAU) | Maria Lúcia Ribeiro Alckmin |
| Gilberto Kassab | 50 | Democrats (DEM) | Civil engineer, economist, current mayor of São Paulo | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | — |
| Heloísa Helena | 48 | Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) | Nursing teacher, former Senator | Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL) | — |
| José Serra | 68 | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) | Economist, current governor of São Paulo | Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) | Silvia Mónica Allende Serra |
| Yeda Crusius | 66 | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) | Economist, current governor of Rio Grande do Sul | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | Carlos Augusto Crusius |
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