Roberto Cláudio

Roberto Cláudio
Mayor of Fortaleza
In office
1 January 2013  31 December 2020
Vice MayorGaudêncio Lucena (2013–2016)
Moroni Torgan (2017–2020)
Preceded byLuizianne Lins
Succeeded byJosé Sarto
President of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará
In office
10 February 2011  28 December 2012
Vice PresidentJosé Sarto
Preceded byDomingos Filho
Succeeded byJosé Sarto (interim)
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará
In office
1 February 2007  28 December 2012
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra
Political partyPDT (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
PROS (2013–2015)
PSB (2007–2013)
PHS (2006–2007)
SpouseCarolina Bezerra
Children2
Alma materFederal University of Ceará
University of Arizona

Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ˈklawdʒu ʁoˈdɾiɡiz beˈzeʁɐ]) is a Brazilian politician, the former mayor of Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil, from 2013 to 2021.

Roberto Cláudio (as he is known in politics) is a doctor, graduated from the Federal University of Ceará, in Fortaleza, and has a PhD degree in Public Health from the University of Arizona, in the United States.

He was elected mayor of Fortaleza in the second round of the municipal elections held on October 28, 2012, defeating Elmano de Freitas.