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Rui Costa

Politician

Rui Costa is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Rui Costa · Rui Costa dos Santos · Руй Коста · روى كوستا · روي كوستا · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Rui Costa · Rui Costa dos Santos · Rui Costa dos Santos Mororo · Коста, Руй				[sources]
Birth date	1963-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Salvador				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Brazil				[sources]
Country	Brazil				[sources]
Citizenship	Brazil				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Rui				[sources]
Last name	Costa				[sources]
Website	facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q10365240				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2011-2015) · Chief of Staff of the Presidency Brazil (2023-) · Chief of the Civilian House of the Presidency · Secretary of Institutional Relations of the State of Bahia (2007-2010) · councillor of Salvador (2005-2007) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Federal University of Bahia, Faculty of Economics				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-25	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Brazilian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-10

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
governor of Bahia	2019	2022-12-31
Chief of Staff of the Presidency Brazil	2023

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,143

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,011

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata353,688

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,621

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-brazil-rui-costa-chief-of-the-civilian-house-of-the-presidency · evpo-d182a395-2453-43b1-8ca3-597be5ba4f77

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