Nelson Trad Filho

Nelson Trad
Official portrait as senator
Senator for Mato Grosso do Sul
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2019
Personal details
Born	Nelson Trad Filho (1961-09-05) 5 September 1961 (age 63) Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	PSD (since 2019)
Children	2
Parent	Nelson Trad Sr. (father)
Alma mater	Universidade Gama Filho
Profession	Doctor

Nelson Trad Filho (born 5 September 1961), better known as Nelsinho Trad, is a Brazilian physician and politician, affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), is currently a senator for Mato Grosso do Sul. Son of the politician Nelson Trad Sr., he graduated in Medicine from Universidade Gama Filho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Physician specializing in General Surgery, Urology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health.

He was married to Maria Antonieta Amorim, with whom he has two children. He is currently married to Keilla Soares, with whom he is the father of a girl.^[1]

Career

He began his political career as deputy director of Previsul (Instituto de Previdência do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul) in the government of Pedro Pedrossian.

Affiliated with the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), he was elected councilor for Campo Grande in 1992 and re-elected successively in 1996 and 2000. In the biennium 2001/2002 he chaired the City Council.

In 2002, he was elected state representative with the most votes, with 36,283 votes. In 2003, he transferred from the PTB to the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), where he ran for mayor of the capital in 2004, winning the dispute in the first round with 213,000 votes, with Marisa Serrano as deputy mayor. As mayor, he was awarded in 2006 by the then Vice President José Alencar with the Officer's grade of the Order of Military Merit.^[2][3]

In 2008, he was re-elected mayor with 288,821 votes or 71.41 percent of the valid votes, with Edil Albuquerque as deputy mayor.^[4]

In 2014, he contested the election for the state government of Mato Grosso do Sul with the support of then governor André Puccinelli,^[5][6] later arrested on charges of embezzling public resources in the fifth phase of Operation Papiros de Mud and in Operation Mud Asphalt^[7] by the Federal Police.^[8][9] Trad digital campaign, coordinated by the company Medialogue Digital, was one of the first in Brazil to widely use the WhatsApp, a tool that later became a focus for the dissemination of false information and mass shootings in elections.^[10][11]

In 2018, back to the PTB, he was elected senator for Mato Grosso do Sul with 424,085 votes or 18.37 percent of the valid votes.^[12] In 2019, he transferred again, this time to the Social Democratic Party (PSD).^[13]

References

1. arquivo (2013-09-06). "Ex-prefeito Nelsinho Trad comemora nascimento da filha caçula no Facebook". Jornal Midiamax | Notícias de Campo Grande e MS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
2. "Terra | Buscador". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.^{[dead link‍]}
3. Diário Oficial da União, 21/03/2006, p. 9
4. "G1 > Política - NOTÍCIAS - Nelson Trad Filho é reeleito em Campo Grande (MS)". g1.globo.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
5. http://www.dothnews.com.br. "PMDB anuncia oficialmente candidatura de Nelsinho Trad a governador em 2014". www.acritica.net (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
6. MS, Gabriela PavãoDo G1 (2014-06-29). "PMDB confirma Nelson Trad Filho como candidato ao governo de MS". Eleições 2014 em Mato Grosso do Sul (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
7. "Ex-governador de MS e filho são presos na 5ª fase da operação Lama Asfáltica". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
8. "Ex-governador André Puccinelli e filho são presos pela PF em Campo Grande". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
9. "Após 5 meses presos, Justiça libera ex-governador André Puccinelli e o filho". Campo Grande News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
10. MS, Tatiane QueirozDo G1 (2014-10-08). "Em MS, Nelsinho Trad confirma apoio a Reinaldo Azambuja no 2º turno". Eleições 2014 em Mato Grosso do Sul (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
11. ""Marketeiros" já começam a trabalhar para os candidatos a governador de MS". Campo Grande News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
12. "Nelsinho Trad (PTB) e Soraya Thronicke (PSL) são eleitos senadores por Mato Grosso do Sul". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
13. http://www.dothnews.com.br. "Nelson Trad se filia ao PSD e amplia a sigla no Senado Federal". www.acritica.net (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)