12 Notable alumni of Catholic University of Salvador
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Catholic University of Salvador is ranked #5,134 in the world and #118 in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Catholic University of Salvador sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Catholic University of Salvador won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bruno Dantas Nascimento
1978-. (aged 48)
Bruno Dantas Nascimento is a Brazilian jurist, currently serving as a lifetime minister of the Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU). He has been a member of the court since 2014, following his nomination by the Federal Senate, where he previously worked for eleven years as a permanent member of the Senior Advisory Office. He was also chair of the...
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2. Telmário Mota
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Telmário Mota is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He had represented Roraima in the Federal Senate from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS).
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3. Geraldo Junior
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
advocate
Geraldo Alves Ferreira Júnior is a Brazilian lawyer and politician who has been the vice-governor of the state of Bahia since 2023. A member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, he was previously a councilor for Salvador from 2013 to 2023. Geraldo Júnior and Jerônimo Rodrigues were elected in 2022 with 4,480,464 votes, or 52.79% percent of the vote.
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4. Bruno Reis
1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer
politician
Bruno Soares Reis is a Brazilian politician who is the 70th current mayor of Salvador, Bahia, having served since 2021. He was previously vice-mayor under ACM Neto, to whom he is a close associate of, from 2017 to 2021, and a state deputy in Bahia from 2011 to 2016. He is currently affiliated with União Brasil.
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5. Claudia Leitte
1980-. (aged 46)
singer
recording artist
film director
Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio is a Brazilian singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond-certified hit singles in Brazil and five golden and platinum albums from 2003 to 2007, as granted by the Brazilian Association of Record Producers...
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6. Netinho
1966-. (aged 60)
singer
Ernesto de Souza Andrade Júnior, better known as Netinho, is a Brazilian singer and composer known for his work as a solo artist and with Banda Beijo.
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7. Augusto Aras
1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer
Antônio Augusto Brandão de Aras is a Brazilian attorney, former sub-Prosecutor-General of Brazil, professor in the Law School of University of Brasília (UnB) and had served as Prosecutor General of Brazil from 2019 to 2023.
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8. Luislinda Valois
1942-. (aged 84)
jurist
judge
politician
Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos is a Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was minister of Human Rights. She was the third black judge to be appointed in her home-state (Bahia), was desembargadora of the Court of Justice of the State of Bahia (TJ-BA). She left the office of Minister on 19...
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9. Orlando Silva
1971-. (aged 55)
lawyer
politician
Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). He was Minister of Sports in the Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff governments and was elected federal deputy in 2014. In the Chamber of Deputies, he was vice-leader of President Dilma Rousseff between 2015 and 2016. He was chairman of the Labor,...
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10. Paulo Azi
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
civil engineer
Paulo Velloso Dantas Az more commonly known as Paulo Azi is a Brazilian politician as well as a civil engineer and businessman. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2015.
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11. ACM Neto
1979-. (aged 47)
lawyer
politician
Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães Neto, commonly known as ACM Neto, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was the national president of the Democrats (DEM), and is currently general secretary of the Brazil Union. He is the grandson of deceased Senator and Governor of Bahia Antônio Carlos Magalhães (ACM), nephew of Luís Eduardo Magalhães and son of Antônio Carlos...
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12. Ana Paula Matos
1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer
politician
Ana Paula Andrade Matos Moreira is the current Vice Mayor of Salvador since 2021. She was the running-mate of Ciro Gomes in the 2022 Brazilian presidential election.
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