Ana Paula Dias Lobato Nova Alves (born 11 May 1984) is a Brazilian nurse and politician who has been a senator from the state of Maranhão since 2023. She assumed the position after the elected senator, Flávio Dino, became the Minister of Justice and Public Security during the second Lula presidency, and became the titular senator once he was nominated for the Supreme Federal Court.[1] She had previously been the vice-mayor for the city of Pinheiro. She is currently affiliated with the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).[2] As of 2024, she is the youngest senator in the Brazilian federal senate.[3]

Ana Paula Lobato
Senator for Maranhão
Assumed office
21 February 2024
Preceded byFlávio Dino
In office
2 February 2023 – 1 February 2024
Preceded byFlávio Dino
Succeeded byFlávio Dino
Vice Mayor of Pinheiro
In office
1 January 2021 – 1 February 2023
MayorLuciano Genésio
Preceded byProf. Stelio
Succeeded byOffice vacant
Personal details
Born
Ana Paula Dias Lobato

(1984-05-11) 11 May 1984 (age 40)
Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
Political partyPDT (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PPS (2011–2016)
  • PDT (2016–2022)
  • PSB (2022–2024)
SpouseOthelino Neto

She was a candidate for federal deputy in 2014, and as vice-mayor for Pinheiro in 2016, but was not elected to either position.[4] She was elected vice-mayor in 2021, with Luciano Genésio [pt] as mayor. She briefly served as mayor after Genésio had been removed by court order.[3][5]

Lobato's husband is Othelino Neto, who is a state deputy in Maranhão and who was ex-president of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Três suplentes tomam posse em substituição a senadores que assumiram ministérios". senado.leg.br. Agência Senado. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Senadora que assumiu mandato de Flávio Dino deixa PSB e se filia ao PDT" (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Guimarães, Levy (7 January 2023). "Senadora mais jovem do país assumirá vaga de Flávio Dino no Senado". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Saiba quem é Ana Paula Lobato, escolhida por Flávio Dino para 1ª suplência ao Senado". Atual7 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ Emir, Aquiles (19 February 2022). "Vice-prefeita de Pinheiro saúda retorno ao cargo do "companheiro Luciano Genésio" | Maranhão Hoje" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ Matos, Daniel (28 October 2022). "Em Pinheiro, Othelino Neto e Ana Paula Lobato comandam ato pró-Lula". Blogs O Estado (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2023.