Marta Suplicy

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Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (['martɐ supli'si]; born 1945) is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She attended Michigan State University (1966-1968), and PUC-SP (1969-1975); she did post-graduate work at Stanford University (1973). The former Mayor of São Paulo, she is affiliated with the Brazilian Worker's Party (PT).

Suplicy started her career as a TV anchorwoman, providing sex advice on a popular show on TV Mulher (Women's TV). After running for governor of São Paulo and losing to Mário Covas of the Brazilian Social Democracy party (PSDB), she won the elections for the mayoralty of the state capital, São Paulo, in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, she administrated the largest basic income guarantee network in Latin America.

Marta's administration of the city is marked by the changes she made to the city's bus system, creating a ticket that is valid for a period of two hours, called bilhete único. In the public educational system she created huge schools and cultural centers called "CEU" were built in the poorest districts of the city. Her construction of new road tunnels alleviated some congestion on the city's badly affected network. She also increased the value of many municipal taxes and created other new taxes, which may have cost her re-election in 2004 when she lost the mayoralty to former PSDB presidential candidate José Serra.

Suplicy has three sons, one of whom is the rock star Supla. She was married to Eduardo Suplicy (PT), a Brazilian senator for the state of São Paulo, from 1965 to 2001. Later, she married Luis Favre, who is her current husband.