Adhemar de Barros

Adhemar de Barros
Governor of São Paulo
In office 31 January 1963 – 6 June 1966
Vice Governor	Laudo Natel
Preceded by	Carvalho Pinto
Succeeded by	Laudo Natel
In office 14 March 1947 – 31 January 1951
Vice Governor	Luiz Gonzaga Novelli
Preceded by	Carvalho Pinto
Succeeded by	Laudo Natel
26th Mayor of São Paulo
In office 8 April 1957 – 8 April 1961
Preceded by	Vladimir de Toledo Piza
Succeeded by	Francisco Prestes Maia
Federal Intervenor in São Paulo
In office 27 April 1938 – 4 June 1941
Appointed by	Getúlio Vargas
Preceded by	Francisco José da Silva
Succeeded by	Fernando de Sousa Costa
Personal details
Born	(1901-04-22)22 April 1901 Piracicaba, Brazil
Died	12 March 1969(1969-03-12) (aged 67) Paris, France
Political party	Social Progressive Party (PSP)
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Adhemar Pereira de Barros (22 April 1901 – 12 March 1969) was the mayor of São Paulo (1957–1961), and twice elected Governor of São Paulo (1947–1951 & 1963–1966).

Barros was born in Piracicaba, Brazil. He was the federal interventor in the state of São Paulo nominated by Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, serving between 1938 and 1941. Following the re-democratization, he was elected Governor of São Paulo with a large margin in the 1947 elections, relying on a large coalition which included working-class support. Known to be a populist, he built a strong electoral machine, the Social Progressive Party (PSP), which dominated state politics until 1964. He was accused of being corrupt, but he was responsible for advances in social legislation and infrastructure: his candid supporters said "rouba mas faz" (he steals but he gets things done).^[1] He did not run for re-election in 1950, and was defeated by Jânio Quadros in 1954, before winning in 1962.

After having lent support to Getúlio Vargas in 1950, he ran for President in his own right in 1955 and 1960. In the latter election he was placed third behind the eventual winner, Jânio Quadros who defeated him in the 1954 gubernatorial election by less than 1%. In 1964 he supported the president João Goulart's downfall, but in 1966 he fell from the military's favor. He died, aged 67, in Paris, France. His nephew, Reynaldo de Barros, was also mayor of São Paulo.

References

External links

• Adhemar de Barros biography (in Portuguese)

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Governors of São Paulo (1889–present)

1. Prudente de Morais
2. Jorge Tibiriçá
3. Américo Brasiliense
4. Cerqueira César
5. Bernardino de Campos
6. Campos Sales
7. Peixoto Gomide
8. Fernando Prestes
9. Rodrigues Alves
10. Domingos de Morais
11. Bernardino de Campos
12. Jorge Tibiriçá
13. Albuquerque Lins
14. Rodrigues Alves
15. Altino Arantes
16. Washington Luís
17. Carlos de Campos
18. Júlio Prestes
19. Heitor Penteado
20. Lins de Barros (federal intervenor)
21. Laudo Camargo
22. Manuel Rabelo
23. Pedro de Toledo
24. Castilho de Lima
25. Armando Sales
26. Melo Neto
27. Adhemar de Barros
28. Sousa Costa
29. Macedo Soares
30. Adhemar de Barros
31. Lucas Garcez
32. Jânio Quadros
33. Carvalho Pinto
34. Laudo Natel
35. Abreu Sodré
36. Laudo Natel
37. Paulo Egídio Martins
38. Paulo Maluf
39. José Maria Marin
40. Franco Montoro
41. Orestes Quércia
42. Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho
43. Mário Covas
44. Geraldo Alckmin
45. Cláudio Lembo
46. José Serra
47. Alberto Goldman
48. Geraldo Alckmin
49. Márcio França
50. João Doria
51. Rodrigo Garcia
52. Tarcísio de Freitas

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