Requião Filho (PDT) Legislative Assembly of Paraná The Democratic Labor Party (PDT) confirmed this Friday (25) Requião Filho's candidacy for the government of Paraná. The decision was announced during the party convention, held in Curitiba. Requião Filho has been a state deputy since 2015, having been re-elected twice. In the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (Alep), he currently holds the position of 3rd Secretary of the House's Board of Directors. ? Follow the g1 PR channel on WhatsApp The party has not yet announced the name of the vice-candidate on the Requião Filho ticket. The party also did not announce candidacies for the Legislature, which should happen at an event scheduled for August 5th. However, Requião Filho, who is also state president of the party, confirmed his support for the candidacy of former minister and federal deputy Gleisi Hoffmann for the Senate. The PDT coalitions for the elections in Paraná will also be confirmed at the beginning of August. In a press conference, Requião Filho highlighted that his candidacy opposes the project of current governor Ratinho Júnior (PSD). "We are going to take back the public companies that were sold, leaving the cost of Paraná very expensive; real investments in infrastructure with planning, not scattered works lost by Paraná, which do not communicate with each other; returning joy to the classroom, reducing taxes, generating jobs and, of course, helping rural people, small and medium-sized farmers, who have been forgotten by this government and so many others", he said. Convention calendar Conventions are events in which party members meet to choose candidates in elections. The deadline is August 5th. Next, the names must be registered with the Superior Court (TSE) by August 15th. The election campaign officially begins the following day. In this year's elections, on October 4, Brazilians will vote for: president; governor; senator (two seats per state); federal deputy; state deputy; Requião Filho's trajectory Born in Curitiba, Maurício Thadeu de Mello e Silva, known as Requião Filho, is 46 years old and is the son of the former senator and former governor of Paraná Roberto Requião. He graduated in Law from the Centro Universitário de Brasília (CEUB) and specialized in Public Policy. The beginning of his political career was in 2014, when he was elected state deputy for the MDB (at the time, PMDB), with 50,167 votes. He was re-elected to the position in 2018, still in the MDB, receiving 82,652 votes. In 2022, when he was a member of the PT, he was elected for a third term in Alep, with 85,674 votes. During this term, he served as leader of the opposition bench, member of the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and president of the Mercosur and International Affairs Commission. Today he is the 3rd secretary of the Board of Directors. In May 2025, the deputy left the PT to join the PDT. The candidate is married and father of two twin children. READ ALSO: Ratinho Junior's promises: Governor of Paraná handed over Guaratuba Bridge; delivery of Terminal in Londrina was not fulfilled Paraná receives storm warning: meteorologists indicate when rains should give respite to the state Tree crash: two young women die in accident with car carrying ten people in Paraná VIDEOS: Most watched from g1 Paraná