Marcos Trad (born Marcos Marcello Trad; Campo Grande, August 28, 1964) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer, affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), candidate for the government of Mato Grosso do Sul in the state elections of 2022, He was a state deputy for Mato Grosso do Sul, councilor and mayor of Campo Grande for two terms. [1]Marquinhos is a member of the Trad family, a Brazilian political family.
Born on August 28, 1964, he is the son of politician Nelson Trad and Therezinha Mandetta, a member of the Trad political family, Marcos is married to Tatiana Trad. He is the father of four daughters, Andressa, Aline, Mariana and Alice, and grandfather of Lara and Isabele. Marcos is a lawyer from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He entered politics as a councilor in 2004. He was also a member of the Mato Grosso do Sul section of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Elected councilor in 2004, he was municipal secretary of Agrarian Affairs during the management of then mayor André Puccinelli [2] . He is currently serving his third term as a state deputy, being elected for the first time in 2006. He was affiliated with the PMDB, migrating to the PSD in 2016 [3] .
In 2016, he ran for mayor of Campo Grande for the PSD [4] . He qualified for the second round to dispute the second round with 34.57% of the valid votes [5], winning the contest with 58.77% of the valid votes [6] . He left office in 2022 to run for state governor.
controversies[editar]
In December 2010, he was involved in controversy when he declared during a session of the Legislative Assembly that it would be “impossible to live with R$11,000”, referring to the salary of around R$11,000 at the time and which had recently been readjusted to R$11,000 $12.3 thousand [7] .
In April 2016, it was learned that the congressman, when running for re-election in 2014, obtained a loan of R$ 1.2 million from the newspaper State Mail . That amount would not have been declared to the Mato Grosso do Sul Regional Electoral Court (TRE-MS), nor was the loan paid. [8] [9] .
In September of the same year, Look released excerpts of wiretaps from Operation Coffee Break, which investigated a scheme to revoke the mandate of then mayor of Campo Grande Alcides Bernal, where councilor Flávio César (PSDB) asks former mayor Nelson Trad Filho to activate Marquinhos to get votes in favor of impeachment. In a note, the deputy said he was unaware of the audio and denied having interfered in the appeal process. “I am not aware of this audio, I did not participate in this process, I am a state deputy and not a councilman” [10] .
Also in September of the same year, businessman Arnaldo Britto de Moura Júnior stated in declarations to the Federal Police (PF) that he collected R$200,000 undeclared for the Marquinhos campaign in 2014, which led him to be fined by the TRE- MS, and also accused the deputy of using telemarketing during the electoral period. The congressman defended himself by saying that a campaign collaborator pointed out Moura Júnior, who offered a donation. Fined, the businessman sought the help of Marquinhos, which was denied [11] .
At the end of September, an employee of a social institution reported Marquinhos to the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) after being tricked into a work meeting that would have been a meeting with the candidate for mayor of Campo Grande. The deputy denied the accusation and stated that it would be a montage by the opponents [12] .
Government candidate[editar]
At the beginning of the year 2022, the candidacy for the Government of Mato Grosso do Sul was announced in the 2022 State elections. [13]
Personal life[editar]
Marquinhos is the son of politician Nelson Trad and Therezinha Mandetta, brother of former mayor of Campo Grande and doctor, Nelson Trad Filho, and former federal deputy Fábio Trad; He graduated in Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
In December 2002 he married Tatiana Trad and with her he had two daughters, Mariana and Alice Trad.