Mário Covas Explained

Mário Covas
Office:Governor of São Paulo
Term Start:1 January 1995
Term End:6 March 2001
Vicegovernor:Geraldo Alckmin
Predecessor:Luiz Fleury Filho
Successor:Geraldo Alckmin
Office2:Senator for São Paulo
Term Start2:1 February 1987
Term End2:1 January 1995
Predecessor2:Amaral Furlan
Successor2:Romeu Tuma
Office3:Mayor of São Paulo
Term Start3:11 May 1983
Term End3:1 January 1986
Predecessor3:Francisco Altino Lima (acting)
Successor3:Jânio Quadros
Office4:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start4:1 February 1983
Term End4:11 May 1983
Constituency4:São Paulo
Term Start5:1 February 1963
Term End5:16 January 1969
Constituency5:São Paulo
Birth Date:21 April 1930
Birth Place:Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Death Cause:Bladder cancer
Relatives:Bruno Covas (grandson)
Alma Mater:University of São Paulo (B.E.)
Profession:Civil engineer
Signature:Mario Covas.jpg

Mário Covas Almeida Júnior (pronounced as /pt/; 21 April 1930 – 6 March 2001) was a Brazilian politician.

Biography

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. He was governor from 1994 to 1998, defeating Francisco Rossi in the run-off, and from 1998, defeating Paulo Maluf in the run-off, to his death in 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, Luiz 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.

Electoral history

1994 São Paulo gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2
Votes%Votes%
PSDBMário Covas6,574,51746.848,661,96056.12
PDTFrancisco Rossi3,119,59222.236,771,45443.88
PTJosé Dirceu2,085,19314.86Eliminated
PMDBBarros Munhoz1,584,39711.29Eliminated
PPLuiz Antônio Medeiros317,5932.26Eliminated
PRONAÁlvaro Soares Dutra144,1961.03Eliminated
PSCEduardo Resstom134,0640.95Eliminated
PRNCiro Moura75,7270.54Eliminated
Total votes14,035,279100.00%15,433,414100.00%
Invalid and blank votes4,377,96923.78%2,315,12213.04%
PSDB gain from PMDB
1998 São Paulo gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2
Votes%Votes%
PSDBMário Covas3,813,18622.959,800,25355.37
PPBPaulo Maluf5,351,02632.217,900,59844.63
PTMarta Suplicy3,738,75022.51Eliminated
PDTFrancisco Rossi2,843,51517.18Eliminated
PMDBOrestes Quércia714,0974.30Eliminated
PRONAConstantino Cury68,9060.41Eliminated
PSTUAntônio Donizete29,0330.18Eliminated
PSDCJoão Manuel Batista24,2290.15Eliminated
PSCEdson Falanga14,8530.09Eliminated
PRTBLevy Fidelix14,4060.08Eliminated
Total votes16,612,001100.00%17,700,851100.00%
Invalid and blank votes2,858,53614.68%1,473,2167.68%
PSDB hold

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fuhrmann. Leonardo. Covas está com câncer, confirma equipe médica. Folha de S.Paulo. 30 March 2014. 2000-10-19.