- Mário Covas
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Mário Covas Governor of São Paulo In office
January 1, 1995 – March 6, 2001Preceded by Luís Antônio Fleury Filho Succeeded by Geraldo Alckmin Mayor of São Paulo In office
May 11, 1983 – December 31, 1985Preceded by Francisco Altino Lima Succeeded by Jânio Quadros Personal details Born 21 April 1930
SantosDied 6 March 2001 (aged 70)
São PauloPolitical party PSDB Spouse(s) Lila Covas Occupation Civil engineer Mário Covas Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmarju ˈkɔvɐs]; 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 [1]. He died later the same year. His successor was his deputy, Geraldo Alckmin.
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Party political offices Preceded by
NonePSDB Party presidential candidate
1989 (lost)Succeeded by
Fernando Henrique CardosoPolitical offices Preceded by
Luiz Antônio Fleury FilhoGovernor of São Paulo
1995–2001Succeeded by
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