Rodrigo Garcia (politician)

Brazilian politician (born 1974)
Rodrigo Garcia
Official portrait, 2019.
Governor of São Paulo
In office
1 April 2022 – 31 December 2022
Vice GovernorNone
Preceded byJoão Doria
Succeeded byTarcísio de Freitas
Vice Governor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2019 – 1 April 2022
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded byMárcio França
Succeeded byFelicio Ramuth
Secretary of Government of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded bySaulo de Castro Abreu Filho
Succeeded byLaura Müller Machado
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2011 – 31 December 2018
ConstituencySão Paulo
President of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
In office
15 March 2005 – 15 March 2007
Preceded bySidney Estanislau Beraldo
Succeeded byJosé Carlos Vaz de Lima
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1999 – 31 December 2010
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born (1974-05-10) 10 May 1974 (age 50)
Tanabi, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		DEM (1997–2021)
PSDB (2021–2024)
Spouse
Luciana Mara Martin
​
(m. 1997)​
Children3

Rodrigo Garcia (born 10 May 1974) is a Brazilian lawyer, businessman and politician, who was affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1][2][3] He was state deputy elected for three consecutive legislatures, 1999–2002, 2003–2006 and 2007–2010, and president of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo from 15 March 2005 to 15 March 2007.[4][5] He had served as Governor of São Paulo from April to December 2022.[6][7][8]

Career

Born in Tanabi, he left the position of deputy to head the Municipal Secretariat for Modernization, Management and Debureaucratization of the City Hall of São Paulo, from 2008 to 2010.[9] In April 2010, he returned to the Legislative Assembly to continue his work as a state deputy for the Democrats.[10] He was national vice president of DEM and secretary general of the party in the State of São Paulo.[11]

In May 2011, he was invited by the governor of the State of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, to assume the role of Secretary of State for Social Development.[12]

On May 28, 2013, again by the invitation of Governor Geraldo Alckmin, he took over the role of Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology of the State of São Paulo, which later became the Secretary of Development of the State of São Paulo. On April 3, 2014, he left the command of the Secretariat to return to the Federal Chamber.[13]

In the 2014 elections for the 55th legislature (2015-2019), Rodrigo was the fifth most voted federal deputy in the State of São Paulo, obtaining 336,151 votes.[14] On February 1, 2015, he took up his fifth term. Afterwards, on March 19, 2015, he resigned from the position to assume the Secretary of State for Housing in the new government of Geraldo Alckmin. He voted in favor of impeaching Dilma Rousseff.[15]

In the 2018 elections, he ran as vice governor on João Doria's ticket, for which he was elected in the second round.[16]

As Secretary of Government, Rodrigo Garcia coordinates all the strategic actions of the state: vaccines, concessions, public investments, public-private partnerships and all the major management programs of the other secretariats.[17][18]

In the 2022 elections, Garcia tried to run as Governor of São Paulo for a full term, but he placed third and lost the election and Tarcísio de Freitas was elected as Governor defeating Fernando Haddad, marking the end of the 28-year rule of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party in São Paulo.[19] Garcia left office on 31 December 2022.

References

  1. ^ "States' investments grow as fast as revenues". valorinternational (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  2. ^ "The inertia of polarization". valorinternational (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. ^ "Ex-governador Rodrigo Garcia anuncia saída do PSDB após intervenção no diretório de São Paulo". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  4. ^ "Deputado Estadual". www.al.sp.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  5. ^ "Vice-governador de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  6. ^ Limited, Alamy. "The ex-governor of the State of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB) participates at a press conference to talk about his victory to be the party's 2022 Presidential candidate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 29, 2021. In the photo, the deputy governor of the State of São Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia. (Photo by Aloisio Mauricio/Fotoarena/Sipa USA Stock Photo - Alamy". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  7. ^ "São Paulo Vice-Governor joins a meeting at FMUSP and visits the Heart Institute (InCor)". www.fm.usp.br. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  8. ^ "Exchange of Meirelles in the Doria government bumps into electoral agenda – 01/28/2022 – Panel SA".
  9. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  10. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  11. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  12. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  13. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  14. ^ "Veja quem são os deputados mais votados em São Paulo". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  15. ^ "Veja lista de quem votou contra e a favor do impeachment de Dilma - Metro 1". Veja lista de quem votou contra e a favor do impeachment de Dilma - Metro 1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  16. ^ "Vice-governador de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  17. ^ "Startups in SP will receive R$ 25 million in partnership between FAPESP and Sebrae | Entrepreneurship | EarnGurus". 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  18. ^ "São Paulo Line 15-Silver extension project underway". International Railway Journal. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  19. ^ Povo, Gazeta do. "Tarcísio encerra era de 28 anos do PSDB e toma posse em São Paulo". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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Preceded by
Saulo de Castro Abreu Filho
 Secretary of Government of São Paulo
2019−2022 		Succeeded by
Laura Müller Machado
Vacant
Title last held by
Márcio França 		Vice Governor of São Paulo
2019−2022 		Vacant
Title next held by
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Preceded by Governor of São Paulo
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