Mário Covas

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Mário Covas
Governor of São Paulo
In office
January 1, 1995  March 6, 2001
Preceded by Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
Succeeded by Geraldo Alckmin
Mayor of São Paulo
In office
May 11, 1983  December 31, 1985
Preceded by Francisco Altino Lima
Succeeded by Jânio Quadros
Personal details
Born 21 April 1930
Santos
Died 6 March 2001(2001-03-06) (aged 70)
São Paulo
Political party PSDB
Spouse(s) Lila Covas
Occupation Civil engineer

Mário Covas Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju ˈkɔvɐz ˈʒunjoɾ] or [ˈkɔvɐˈʒːunjoʁ]; 21 April 1930 6 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 (1994-1998/1998-2001). 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 . He died later the same year. His successor was his deputy, Geraldo Alckmin.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
None
PSDB Party presidential candidate
1989 (lost)
Succeeded by
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Political offices
Preceded by
Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho
Governor of São Paulo
19952001
Succeeded by
Geraldo Alckmin


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