After a record turnout, Gremio elected a new president for the 2026-2028 term.
Odorico Roman will be the President of Gremio for the 2026/2028 term.
He defeated Paulo Caleffi by a large margin in the elections held this Saturday (8).
This was the largest member participation in the club's history.
A member of List 2, Odorico received 68.84% of the votes (15,311) against 30.14% (6,704) for Caleffi of List 1. There were also 225 blank votes.
39,041 members had the right to vote, in which 22,240 people took part.
Of these, 21,555 voted online and 685 in person.
The previous record was set in the 2022 elections. Alberto Guerra was elected after the participation of 14,895 members.
Odorico will take office after the completion of elections in Brazil, the final round of which will take place on December 7.
Economist Odorico Roman was vice-president and football director of Gremio between 2016 and 2017 and was defeated by the current president in the last elections.
He was also elected vice president under the administration of Fabio Coffa in 2013 and 2014 and under the administration of Romildo Bolzan between 2015 and 2016.
Photo: Reproduction/Gremio
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