Mário Covas

Mário Covas
Covas in 1997
Governor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 1995 – 6 March 2001 Leave: 22 January 2001 – 6 March 2001
Vice Governor	Geraldo Alckmin
Preceded by	Luiz Fleury Filho
Succeeded by	Geraldo Alckmin
Senator for São Paulo
In office 1 February 1987 – 1 January 1995
Preceded by	Amaral Furlan
Succeeded by	Romeu Tuma
Mayor of São Paulo
In office 11 May 1983 – 1 January 1986
Preceded by	Francisco Altino Lima (acting)
Succeeded by	Jânio Quadros
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1983 – 11 May 1983
Constituency	São Paulo
In office 1 February 1963 – 16 January 1969
Constituency	São Paulo
Personal details
Born	21 April 1930 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	6 March 2001(2001-03-06) (aged 70) São Paulo, Brazil
Cause of death	Bladder cancer
Buried	Paquetá Cemetery, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PST (1959–1965) MDB (1965–1980) PMDB (1980–1988) PSDB (1988–2001)
Spouse	Lila Almeida ​ (m. 1954)​
Children	Renata Covas (b. 1955) Sílvia Covas (1956–1976) Mário Covas Neto (b. 1959)
Relatives	Bruno Covas (grandson)
Alma mater	University of São Paulo (B.E.)
Profession	Civil engineer
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Mário Covas Almeida Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju ˈkɔvɐz ˈʒunjoʁ]; 21 April 1930 – 6 March 2001) was a Brazilian politician.

Biography

Covas studied engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. He entered politics in his native city of Santos, in the state of São Paulo.

He was elected federal representative, mayor of São Paulo City (1983–1985), senator and twice Governor of the state of São Paulo. He was governor from 1994 to 1998, defeating Francisco Rossi in the run-off, and from 1998, defeating Paulo Maluf in the run-off, to his death in 2001. He was a founder and member of PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement) and later PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party). In 1989, he was the PSDB presidential candidate, receiving 11% of the votes. In the run-off of that election, he supported, like his party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

He took a medical leave of absence on 22 January 2001, due to bladder cancer found during an operation to remove a prostate tumor.^[1] He died later the same year. His successor was his deputy, Geraldo Alckmin.

Electoral history

External links

• Fundação Mario Covas biography

References

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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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