Alternative History
Pimenta de Veiga
Governor of Pimenta de Veiga
Governor of Minas Gerais
Assumed office
March 15, 2015
Preceded byAntônio Anastasia
Mayor of Belo Horizonte
In office
March 15, 2003 – March 28, 2010
LieutenantEduardo Azeredo
Preceded bySérgio Ferrara
Succeeded byEduardo Azeredo
Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
In office
1- February 1, 1978 - February 1, 1986
February 5, 1998 – February 5, 2002
National President of the PSDB
In office
November 16, 2004 – November 16, 2008
Preceded byJoão Leite
Succeeded byWalfrido dos Mares Guia
Personal details
Born July 2, 1947 (1947-07-02) (age 77)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party
PMDB (1980-1988)

PSDB (1988-)

João Pimenta da Veiga Filho (Belo Horizonte, July 2, 1947-) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer with an office in Brasília. He is the current governor of the state of Minas Gerais since 2015, served as a federal deputy for the MDB party and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) from 1978 to 1988. In 1988, he was one of the founders of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and mayor of Belo Horizonte. He was re-elected federal deputy for the PSDB party from 1994 to 1998, he was also national president of the PSDB from 2004 to 2008, when the party assumed the presidency of the republic.

In 2014, he was chosen as a PSDB candidate for the government of Minas Gerais and also coordinated the PSDB campaign in the state. He ended up winning against PT Fernando Pimentel. Succeeding Antônio Anastasia