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	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. He died later the same year. His successor was his deputy, Geraldo Alckmin.

External links

• Fundação Mario Covas biography