2010 Brazilian general election

The Brazilian general elections of 2010 is a future event which will determine the next president of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It will also determine the next governors of all the 26 states and the Federal District and the members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate.

Candidates to the presidency of the Republic

Possible candidates

Possible candidate	Age in 2010	Current party	Profession	Graduation	Spouse
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