Tião Bocalom

Tião Bocalom
Bocalom in 2022
Mayor of Rio Branco
In office
January 1, 2021 – April 2026
Preceded bySocorro Neri
Succeeded byAlysson Bestene
Mayor of Acrelândia
In office
January 1, 2001 – March 24, 2006
Secretary of Agriculture of Acre
In office
January 1999 – May 2000
GovernorJorge Viana
1st Mayor of Acrelândia
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
BornSebastião Bocalom Rodrigues
(1953-05-18) May 18, 1953
Bela Vista do Paraíso, Paraná, Brazil
PartyPSDB (2026–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PDS (1982)
  • PPR (1993–1996)
  • PSDB (2000–2013)
  • DEM (2013–2018)
  • PSL (2018–2020)
  • PP (2020–2024)
  • PL (2024–2026)
EducationMandaguari School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters
OccupationMathematician
teacher

Sebastião Bocalom Rodrigues (May 18, 1953), better known as Tião Bocalom, is a Brazilian mathematician and politician affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1][2][3] He served as mayor of Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, from 2021 to 2026, having been elected in 2020 and reelected in the 2024 election.[4] In April 2026, he resigned from the mayor’s office to run for governor in the October election of that same year.[4][5]

Biography

First years and education

Sebastião was born in Bela Vista do Paraíso, a city located in the interior of the state of Paraná.[6][7] He moved to Mandaguari, also in the interior of Paraná, where he earned a degree in mathematics from the Mandaguari School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters.[8] After graduating, he began working as a math teacher.[9][10]

Politics

He began his political career in the city of Nova Olímpia, in the interior of Paraná, as a member of the Democratic Social Party (PDS).[11][12] In the 1982 election, he was elected city councilor after receiving 166 votes, making him the second-highest vote-getter in the election.[13] In 1986, he went to the state of Acre on vacation and was invited to start a lumber business, where he settled with his family the following year.[11] A resident of Acre and a member of the Reform Progressive Party (PPR), he became, in 1993, the first mayor of the city of Acrelândia, which had been founded in 1992.[14] He served as mayor until 1996.[8] He served as State Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Acre from January 1999 to May 2000, during Jorge Viana’s (PT) administration.[11][15]

In 2000, as a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), he ran again for mayor of Acrelândia.[14] He was elected, becoming mayor of Acrelândia once again until 2004.[14] In 2004, he ran for mayor again. He was elected after receiving more than 2,000 votes.[14][16] He resigned from his position on March 24, 2006, to run for governor of Acre.[17] Running as a candidate for the PSDB in the 2006 election, he finished in third place in a race won by Binho Marques (PT).[18] In the 2008 municipal elections, he ran for mayor of Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, as a candidate for the PSDB.[19][20] Tião finished the election in third place, in a race won by Raimundo Angelim (PT).[20]

In the 2010 elections, he ran again for governor of Acre as a candidate for the PSDB. This time, he formed a broad coalition with Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB), Democrats (DEM), Social Liberal Party (PSL), Social Christian Party (PSC), Popular Socialist Party (PPS), National Mobilization Party (PMN) Labour Party of Brazil (PTdoB) and managed to secure 49.18% of the valid votes in the first round, but was defeated by candidate Tião Viana (PT), who secured 50.51% and won the election in the first round.[21][22] In the end, the margin between the candidates was less than 5,000 votes, making it one of the closest gubernatorial elections in modern Brazilian history.[23][24][25]

In the 2012 municipal elections, he ran for mayor of the capital, Rio Branco, also as a candidate for the PSDB, and advanced to the runoff against candidate Marcus Alexandre (PT).[26] While he received 43.85% of the vote in the first round, he secured 49.81% of the valid votes in the runoff, losing by a margin of fewer than 3,000 votes.[27] In the 2014 elections, for the third consecutive time, Tião Bocalom ran for governor of Acre.[28][29] However, he ran as a candidate for the DEM, while the PSDB fielded another candidate: Márcio Bittar.[30][31] In addition to the DEM, its coalition included the PMN and the Green Party (PV).[30][32] Bocalom finished in third place in an election won by Tião Vianna.[33]

After deciding to support Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential bid, he joined the PSL to run in the 2018 elections.[34] This time, he chose to run for federal deputy. After the polls closed, it became clear that he had failed to win a seat due to the electoral coefficient.[35] He was the third-highest-voted candidate for federal deputy in the city of Rio Branco and the highest-voted candidate in the city of Acrelândia, where he had served as mayor.[36] However, even though he was the fifth-highest-voted candidate in the state, he failed to win a seat.[36]

In the 2020 municipal elections, he ran again for mayor of Rio Branco.[37] This time, as a member of the Progressistas (PP), he received 49.58% of the valid votes in the first round.[38] In the runoff election against then-Mayor Socorro Neri (PSB), he was elected mayor with more than 62% of the vote.[39] According to a report by G1, the Grupo Globo's online news portal, he has fulfilled only one of his 49 campaign promises in his first year in office; the politician claims that the low number is due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[40] In March 2024, he left the PP and joined the Liberal Party (PL).[41] As a candidate for the PL, he was reelected in the Rio Branco municipal election, winning in the first round with 54% of the valid votes and defeating his predecessor as mayor, Marcus Alexandre (MDB).[42][43] In April 2026, he resigned as mayor to run for governor in the October elections of that same year, handing over the office to his deputy, Alysson Bestene.[44][45][46] As part of a political maneuver led by Aécio Neves, the PSDB’s national president, Tião Bocalom returned to the party in 2026.[47][48] Bocalom had been a member of the PSDB for sixteen years.[49][50]

Electoral performance

Year Position Party Votes Result Ref.
1982 City council member of Nova Olímpia PDS 166 Elected [13]
2004 Mayor of Acrelândia PSDB 2 173 Elected [16]
2006 Governor of Acre 34 752 Not elected [51]
2008 Mayor of Rio Branco 35 177 Not elected [52]
2010 Governor of Acre 165 705 Not elected [53]
2012 Mayor of Rio Branco 87 818 Not elected [54]
2014 Governor of Acre DEM 76 218 Not elected [33]
2018 Federal deputy from Acre PSL 21 872 Not elected [55]
2020 Mayor of Rio Branco PP 104 746 Elected [37]
2024 Mayor of Rio Branco PL 108 605 Elected [56]

Personal life

He was married to Elisabeth Aparecida Garcia Rodrigues, who died in 2021 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, with whom he had two children, Luciana and Júnior.[57][58] Júnior died at the age of 12 from leukemia.[59] Luciana married Josivan, and they had three granddaughters: Isabela, Ana Luisa, and Maria Rita.[59][60]

References

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  2. ↑ "Acabou o mistério: Ao lado de Aécio Neves, Bocalom se filia e vai ser candidato ao governo pelo PSDB". Portal Acre (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 19, 2026. Archived from the original on August 1, 2026. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
  3. ↑ Souza, Felipe (October 19, 2024). "Quem é Tião Bocalom, reeleito prefeito em Rio Branco". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 6, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Tião Bocalom renuncia à prefeitura para disputar governo do Acre". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 26, 2026. Archived from the original on May 7, 2026. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Federação PSDB-Cidadania oficializa candidatura de Tião Bocalom ao governo do Acre". Noticias R7 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo Record. August 1, 2026. Archived from the original on August 2, 2026. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ Leite, Alexandre (July 26, 2026). "Conheça a carreira política de Tião Bocalom, pré-candidato ao Governo do Acre". Rádio Itatiaia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 1, 2026. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ficha do candidato a prefeito Tião Bocalom - PP - Rio Branco AC | Eleições 2020 | Folha". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2026.
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  59. 1 2 "Com esposa internada há quatro anos, Bocalom acredita em milagres". ContilNet Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 1, 2020. Archived from the original on August 2, 2026. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
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