{{Short description|Brazilian engineer and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Beto Richa | image = Bruno Araujo, Doria e Beto Richa (cropped) - Richa.jpg | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start = 1 February 2023 | term_end = | constituency = Paraná | office1 = Governor of Paraná | term_start1 = 1 January 2011 | term_end1 = 6 April 2018 | 1blankname1 = Lieutenant | 1namedata1 = Flávio Arns<br />Cida Borghetti | predecessor1 = Orlando Pessuti | successor1 = Cida Borghetti | office2 = Mayor of Curitiba | term_start2 = 1 January 2005 | term_end2 = 30 March 2010 | 1blankname2 = Deputy | 1namedata2 = Luciano Ducci | predecessor2 = Cássio Taniguchi | successor2 = Luciano Ducci | office3 = Deputy Mayor of Curitiba | term_start3 = 1 January 2001 | term_end3 = 1 January 2005 | 1blankname3 = Mayor | 1namedata3 = Cássio Taniguchi | predecessor3 = Algaci Tulio | successor3 = Luciano Ducci | office4 = State Deputy of Paraná | term_start4 = 1 February 1995 | term_end4 = 1 January 2001 | constituency4 = At-large | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|29}} | birth_place = Londrina, Paraná, Brazil | party = PSDB (2002–present; 1992–94) | other_party = {{Plainlist| * PTB (1994–2000) * PFL (2000–02) }} | alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (LL.B) | occupation = Civil engineer }} '''Carlos Alberto "Beto" Richa''' (born June 29, 1965) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was the Governor of the Brazilian state of Paraná until April 6, 2018, when he resigned to run for a seat at the Brazilian Senate. He was succeeded by Cida Borghetti.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cidadao.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=205 | title=Governador | publisher=Paraná Governo do Estado | language=Portuguese | accessdate=2011-08-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511101532/http://www.cidadao.pr.gov.br/modules/conteudo/conteudo.php?conteudo=205 | archive-date=2013-05-11 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His father was mayor of Londrina and governor of Paraná José Richa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/brasil/fc1812200317.htm|title=Tucano José Richa morre aos 69|publisher=Folha de S.Paulo|last=Tortato|first=Mari|date=18 December 2003|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref> On September 11, 2018, less than a month to the election, Richa was arrested as part of the Operation Car Wash.<ref name=arres01>{{cite web | url = https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2018/09/11/policiais-federais-vao-as-ruas-cumprir-mandados-da-53a-fase-da-operacao-lava-jato.ghtml | title = Ex-governador do Paraná, Beto Richa é preso | language = pt | trans-title = Former Paraná governor, Beto Richa is arrested| publisher = G1 | author = Diego Ribeiro and Thais Kaniak | date = 2018-09-11 | accessdate = 2018-09-11}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Beto Richa}}
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