Mário Covas Almeida Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaɾju ˈkɔvɐz ˈʒunjoʁ]; 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
Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
PSDB | Mário Covas | 6,574,517 | 46.84 | 8,661,960 | 56.12 | |
PDT | Francisco Rossi | 3,119,592 | 22.23 | 6,771,454 | 43.88 | |
PT | José Dirceu | 2,085,193 | 14.86 | Eliminated | ||
PMDB | Barros Munhoz | 1,584,397 | 11.29 | Eliminated | ||
PP | Luiz Antônio Medeiros | 317,593 | 2.26 | Eliminated | ||
PRONA | Álvaro Soares Dutra | 144,196 | 1.03 | Eliminated | ||
PSC | Eduardo Resstom | 134,064 | 0.95 | Eliminated | ||
PRN | Ciro Moura | 75,727 | 0.54 | Eliminated | ||
Total votes | 14,035,279 | 100.00% | 15,433,414 | 100.00% | ||
Invalid and blank votes | 4,377,969 | 23.78% | 2,315,122 | 13.04% | ||
PSDB gain from PMDB |
Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
PSDB | Mário Covas | 3,813,186 | 22.95 | 9,800,253 | 55.37 | |
PPB | Paulo Maluf | 5,351,026 | 32.21 | 7,900,598 | 44.63 | |
PT | Marta Suplicy | 3,738,750 | 22.51 | Eliminated | ||
PDT | Francisco Rossi | 2,843,515 | 17.18 | Eliminated | ||
PMDB | Orestes Quércia | 714,097 | 4.30 | Eliminated | ||
PRONA | Constantino Cury | 68,906 | 0.41 | Eliminated | ||
PSTU | Antônio Donizete | 29,033 | 0.18 | Eliminated | ||
PSDC | João Manuel Batista | 24,229 | 0.15 | Eliminated | ||
PSC | Edson Falanga | 14,853 | 0.09 | Eliminated | ||
PRTB | Levy Fidelix | 14,406 | 0.08 | Eliminated | ||
Total votes | 16,612,001 | 100.00% | 17,700,851 | 100.00% | ||
Invalid and blank votes | 2,858,536 | 14.68% | 1,473,216 | 7.68% | ||
PSDB hold |
External links
References
- ^ Fuhrmann, Leonardo (2000-10-19). "Covas está com câncer, confirma equipe médica". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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New political party | PSDB nominee for President of Brazil 1989 |
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Preceded by Francisco Altino Lima (acting)
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Mayor of São Paulo 1983–1985 |
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Preceded by | Governor of São Paulo 1995–2001 |
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Old Republic (1889–1930) | ||
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Vargas Era (1930–45) | ||
Republic of '46 (1946–64) | ||
Military dictatorship (1964–85) | ||
New Republic (1985–present) |
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