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governor of Piauí (2015–2022); member of the Senate of Brazil (2011–2015); governor of Piauí (2003–2010); Brazilian federal deputy (1999–2002)."},{"q":"Where did Wellington Dias study?","a":"Wellington Dias was educated at Universidade Federal do Piauí."}],"related":[{"name":"Guilherme Melo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/guilherme-melo"},{"name":"Lucídio Portela","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lucidio-portela"},{"name":"Petrônio Portella","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/petronio-portella"},{"name":"Regina Sousa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/regina-sousa"},{"name":"Rafael Fonteles","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-fonteles"},{"name":"Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-jose-de-moraes-souza-filho"},{"name":"Getúlio Vargas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/getulio-vargas"},{"name":"Hermes da Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hermes-da-fonseca"},{"name":"José Linhares","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-linhares"},{"name":"Nereu Ramos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nereu-ramos"},{"name":"Itamar Franco","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/itamar-franco"},{"name":"Tião Viana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tiao-viana"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/wellington-dias-7d3b9abdd2.jpg","width":500,"height":532,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Senadores_da_57%C2%AA_Legislatura_(52689032501).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Wellington Dias","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Dias_(politician)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7981381","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7981381","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Senadores da 57ª Legislatura (52689032501).jpg by Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Senadores_da_57%C2%AA_Legislatura_(52689032501).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Wellington Dias, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Senadores da 57ª Legislatura (52689032501).jpg — Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Wellington Dias\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/wellington-dias. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:58:27Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/wellington-dias","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/wellington-dias","ne":null}}