Paulo Marinho

Paulo Roberto Franco Marinho (born March 5, 1952) is a Brazilian businessman, executive and politician affiliated with the Republicans. He worked in the financial market, in the shipbuilding industry, as a communications executive and became a well-known and influential figure in the society of Rio de Janeiro.

Marinho joined public life in 2018 after being elected first deputy senator for Rio de Janeiro on Flávio Bolsonaro's ticket as a member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He played a leading role during the 2018 election as one of the main contributors to President Jair Bolsonaro's election campaign, after providing his residence in Jardim Botânico as "headquarters". The location was used to record the election programs and, after the victory at the polls, to hold the first formal transition meeting and ministerial composition of the current federal government. Marinho and Bolsonaro split at the beginning of 2019 after Gustavo Bebianno resigned from the General Secretariat of the Presidency. A personal friend of Marinho, Bebianno was responsible for introducing Bolsonaro to Marinho in November 2017.