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Reinaldo Azambuja Silva (born May 13, 1963) is a Brazilian agriculturalist and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, was Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2023. Azambuja replaced André Puccinelli in 2014, and was replaced by Eduardo Riedel in 2023. In elections in Mato Grosso do Sul in 2014 he ran for governor. Azambuja came in second place in the first round and won the election in the second round against the candidate Delcídio Amaral.Born in Campo Grande, son of Zulmira Azambuja Silva and Roberto de Oliveira Silva, now deceased, Reinaldo Azambuja began studying Business Administration at the Dom Bosco Catholic University, in his hometown, but dropped out in the same year, in 1982, surprised by the death of from his father and driven to take over the family's farming business. He moved to Maracaju, in the interior of the state, after turning 18, and married Fátima Silva a year after his father's death. Reinaldo has three children: Thiago, Rafael and Rodrigo.