Barbosinha

José Carlos Barbosa (born October 26, 1964), professionally known as Barbosinha, is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Progressistas and current Deputy Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul since January 1, 2023.

At the age of 13, Barbosa was the first official hired by the then-new municipal government in Angélica. Barbosa then moved to Dourados, where he worked as a banker and studied law at the Centro Universitário da Grande Dourados [pt].

In 1989, at the age of 23, he became mayor of Angélica, After his term, he returned to Dourados and worked as a lawyer, banker, and university professor.

Barbosa was named to head the Empresa de Saneamento de Mato Grosso do Sul [pt] (Mato Grosso Sanitation Company) in 2007; in 2012, he was elected president of the Brazilian Association of State Sanitation Companies, the first from Mato Grosso do Sul. In 2014, he was elected state deputy in Mato Grosso do Sul; he took leave from the legislature in 2016 when he was named secretary of the state Secretariat of Justice and Public Security (Secretaria de Estado de Justiça e Segurança Pública de Mato Grosso do Sul [pt]), serving in the position for 20 months. In 2019, he was reelected as state deputy.

In 1993, he married Maristela de Castro Menezes, a doctor. The two have a son, José Pedro Menezes Barbosa.