# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claudio-castro
# Generated: 2026-09-04T22:55:40.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claudio-castro"
name: "Cláudio Castro"
slug: "claudio-castro"
description: "Cláudio Bomfim de Castro e Silva is a Brazilian lawyer and politician who has served as governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2020 to 2026. A member of the Liberal Party (PL), he was previously the vice governor of the state, under Governor Wilson Witzel, and acceded to the governorship after Witzel's impeachment and removal from office for corruption. He was re-elected in 2022 in the first round."
tagline: "Brazilian politician and former governor of Rio de Janeiro"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claudio_Castro_como_Vice_Governador_do_Rio_de_Janeiro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1979-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.942784095918187
  historical:           8.595182666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/claudiocastroRJ"
    handle:    "claudiocastroRJ"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/claudiocastrorj/"
    handle:    "claudiocastrorj"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ClaudioCastroRJ"
    handle:    "ClaudioCastroRJ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.claudiocastro.net/site/"
sources:
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    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "كلاوديو كاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "كلوديو بومفيم د كاسترو اى سيلڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Castro"
    title: "Cláudio Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57965921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump