Wanderlei Barbosa Castro (born 12 March 1964 in Porto Nacional) is a Brazilian businessman and politician who has been the governor of Tocantins since 2022, after the removal of then-governor Mauro Carlesse.

[4] Born in Porto Nacional, Barbosa is the son of rancher Fenelon Barbosa Sales, the first mayor of the state capital Palmas from the Partido da Frente Liberal,[5][6] and Maria Rosa de Castro Sales, a teacher who was the first Secretary of Education of Palmas.

[7] Wanderlei is married to Blandina Vieira Leite, and his son, Léo Barbosa [pt], is currently a state deputy for Tocantins.

[citation needed] In 1996, he moved to Palmas, where he was again elected as councilman from 1997 to 2011.

[citation needed] In 2018, Barbosa was elected vice-governor of Tocantins, with Carlesse as governor.