Mário Covas

Mário Covas
30th Governor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 1995 – 6 March 2001
Vice Governor	Geraldo Alckmin
Preceded by	Luiz Antônio Fleury
Succeeded by	Geraldo Alckmin
Member of the Federal Senate
In office 1 February 1987 – 1 January 1995
Constituency	São Paulo
President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party
In office 1988–1989
Preceded by	Party founded
Succeeded by	Franco Montoro
Mayor of São Paulo
In office 11 May 1983 – 1 January 1986
Preceded by	Francisco Altino Lima
Succeeded by	Jânio Quadros
Personal details
Born	21 April 1930 Santos, Brazil
Died	6 March 2001(2001-03-06) (aged 70) São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSDB
Spouse(s)	Lila Covas
Occupation	Civil engineer

Mário Covas Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju ˈkɔvɐz ˈʒunjoɾ] or [ˈkɔvɐˈʒːunjoʁ]; 21 April 1930 – March 2001) was a Brazilian politician.

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 (1994–1998 and 1998–2001). 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, Luís 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.

External links

• Fundação Mario Covas biography

References

Governors of São Paulo (1889 — 2016)
Prudente de Morais Jorge Tibiriçá Américo Brasiliense Cerqueira César Bernardino de Campos Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales Peixoto Gomide Fernando Prestes Rodrigues Alves Domingos de Morais Bernardino de Campos Jorge Tibiriçá Albuquerque Lins Rodrigues Alves Altino Arantes Washington Luís Carlos de Campos Júlio Prestes Heitor Penteado Lins de Barros Laudo Camargo Manuel Rabelo Pedro de Toledo Castilho de Lima Armando de Sales Oliveira Melo Neto Ademar de Barros Sousa Costa Macedo Soares Ademar de Barros Lucas Garcez Jânio Quadros Carvalho Pinto Laudo Natel Abreu Sodré Laudo Natel Paulo Egídio Martins Paulo Maluf José Maria Marin Franco Montoro Orestes Quércia Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho Mário Covas Geraldo Alckmin Cláudio Lembo José Serra Alberto Goldman Geraldo Alckmin

Mayors of São Paulo
Gomes Cardim Antonio Prado Raimundo Duprat Washington Luís Rocha Azevedo Firmiano de Morais Pinto José Pires do Rio Luís Inácio de Anhaia Melo Francisco Machado de Campos Henrique Jorge Guedes Gofredo da Silva Teles Teodoro Augusto Ramos Antônio Carlos de Assumpção Fábio Prado Francisco Prestes Maia Abraão Ribeiro Cristiano Stockler das Neves Paulo Lauro Milton Improta Asdrúbal da Cunha Lineu Prestes Armando de Arruda Pereira Jânio Quadros José Porfírio da Paz William Salem Juvenal Lino de Matos Vladimir de Toledo Piza Adhemar de Barros Francisco Prestes Maia Faria Lima Paulo Maluf José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz Miguel Colasuonno Olavo Egydio Setubal Reinaldo de Barros Antônio Salim Curiati Francisco Altino Lima Mário Covas Jânio Quadros Luiza Erundina Paulo Maluf Celso Pitta Régis de Oliveira Celso Pitta Marta Suplicy José Serra Gilberto Kassab Fernando Haddad