Alberto Goldman
Alberto Goldman | |
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34th Governor of São Paulo | |
In office 2 April 2010 – 1 January 2011 | |
Vice Governor | None |
Preceded by | José Serra |
Succeeded by | Geraldo Alckmin |
Vice Governor of São Paulo | |
In office 1 January 2007 – 2 April 2010 | |
Governor | José Serra |
Preceded by | Cláudio Lembo |
Succeeded by | Guilherme Afif |
Minister of Transport | |
In office 2 October 1992 – 21 December 1993 | |
President | Itamar Franco |
Preceded by | Affonso Camargo Neto |
Succeeded by | Margarida Coimbra |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 February 1979 – 31 December 2006 | |
Constituency | São Paulo |
Personal details | |
Born | São Paulo | 12 October 1934
Political party | PSDB |
Occupation | Engineer |
Website | www.albertogoldman.com.br |
Alberto Goldman (Portuguese pronunciation: [awˈbɛɾtu ˈɡowdmã]; São Paulo, 12 October 1937) is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was elected Vice Governor of São Paulo in 2006 with Governor José Serra. After Serra's resignation, Goldman became governor of São Paulo on 6 April 2010.[1]
Goldman started coursing engineering in the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo when he was 18.[2] When the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état took place, he was a militant of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), that was outcast by law. Soon after the AI-5, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).
After the end of the MDB in the late 1970s, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). He went back to PCB but ended up switching it for PMDB in 1987.[2] From 1992-1994, he served as the Transport Minister of Itamar Franco presidency. In 1996, he left PMDB and became a member of PSDB and was elected two years later a federal deputy.
He served as governor of the state of São Paulo from April 2010 to January 2011, replacing José Serra that resigned from office in order to run for the presidency in 2010, and was succeeded by the current governor Geraldo Alckmin.
He currently serves as National Vice President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. The president is senator Aécio Neves, who is most likely to be the candidate of the party in the 2014 race for the presidency.[3]
References
- ^ Roncaglia, Daniel (6 April 2010). "Goldman assume governo de SP com elogios a Serra e críticas ao mensalão" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Complete biography of Alberto Goldman" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Goldman coordenará campanha de Aécio em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Governors of São Paulo (state)
- Vice Governors of São Paulo (state)
- University of São Paulo alumni
- Government ministers of Brazil
- People from São Paulo
- Brazilian Communist Party politicians
- Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
- Brazilian Democratic Movement Party politicians
- Brazilian communists
- Brazilian engineers
- Jewish Brazilian politicians
- Brazilian people of Polish-Jewish descent