Eduardo da Costa Paes is a Brazilian politician who became the mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 2009 to 2012, reelected for a second term from 2013 to 2016 and a third in 2021. He is the city's 13th mayor. On 12 August, at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, he took the Olympic Flag, via Jacques Rogge, from London Mayor Boris Johnson.
Official portrait, c. 2021
Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rio 2016 was a successful bid to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and the XV Paralympic Games, respectively. It was submitted on September 7, 2007, and recognized as an Applicant city by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) one week after. On June 4, 2008, the IOC Executive Board shortlisted Rio de Janeiro with three of the six other Applicant cities—Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo; over Baku, Doha and Prague—becoming a Candidate city during the 2008 SportAccord Convention in Athens, Greece.
Sugarloaf Mountain at Guanabara Bay, chosen to be the symbol of the campaign. It subsequently appeared stylized in the bid logo.
IOC Evaluation Commission attending presentations at Copacabana Palace.
The bid committee, led by Carlos Arthur Nuzman, giving a press conference.
Celebration after the city's victory during the 121st IOC Session at Bella Center.
