José Rogério Salles (born 18 June 1953) is a Brazilian politician who was the governor of Mato Grosso from 2002 to 2003.

[1] Prior to this position, he was vice-governor under Oliveira from 1999 to 2002, and was the mayor of the city of Rondonópolis from 1994 to 1996.

He is a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

[3] He was an activist against the military dictatorship in student politics during his time at the former, aligning himself with the former Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), which later became the PMDB.

[2][3] In 1997, he changed party affiliations to the PSDB and ran as vice-governor of Mato Grosso in 1998, with Oliveira as the candidate for governor.