Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas was born in Rio de Janeiro in June 1975. He backed himself into military sciences from the Military Academy of Negras in 1996 and began to act in the Army Officer in the Engineering Sector
In 1999 he began his degree in Civil Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME). Completed the course in 2002 and officially became an army engineer
Still in the Army, he was head of the Technical Section of the Brazilian Engineering Company in the United Nations mission for stabilizing Haiti, between 2005 and 2006. He reached the patent of Captain and, in 2008, left his military career
He entered the civil service and began to act as a finance and control analyst of the CGU (Comptroller General of the Union) until 2011, when he became general coordinator of the area
In the same year, during the government of Dilma Rousseff (PT), it was nominated for the function of executive director of DNIT (National Department of Transport Infrastructure). In 2014, he was promoted to the director general of the agency
Tarcísio remained at DNIT until 2015 and left office after being appointed Legislative Consultant of the Chamber of Deputies for the area of Urban Development, Traffic and Transport
In 2016, already under the government of Michel Temer (MDB), he served as secretary of the Project Coordination of the Special Secretariat of PPI (Investment Partnership Program), responsible for the privatization, concessions and destatification program
In 2018, he was invited by then -president -elect Jair Bolsonaro (PL) to assume the Ministry of Infrastructure with the mission of finishing unfinished works and making a series of concessions for the private sector
In 2022, at Bolsonaro’s request, he dropped the infrastructure folder to apply for the São Paulo State Government. For this, it joined for the first time to a political party, the Republicans
During the electoral race, he was criticized for not being born and never lived in the state he wanted to be elected governor. Despite this, he was elected in the second round with 55.27% of the votes, winning Fernando Haddad (PT)
Among the main decisions made during his term, the privatization of Sabesp stands out. The action raised R $ 14.77 billion to the state government, about 20% lower than the company’s role price
According to a leaf survey, upon reaching half of his term, Tarcisio had 26 promises completed in the first half of his term; 55 in progress; 25 at slow pace and 18 standing promises
Tarcisio showed support to Donald Trump when the Republican won the US elections in 2024. He published a photo using a cap with the sayings “Make America Great Again”
In July 2025, when the US imposed 50% tariff on Brazil, Tarcisio was the target of criticism of rivals and allies for being involved in the subject, harming his image as presidential for the 2026 elections
Trump announces tariff and Brazil rate at 50%
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