Rodrigo Garcia (politician)

Rodrigo Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia
	Official portrait, 2019.
Governor of São Paulo
	In office; 1 April 2022 – 31 December 2022
Vice Governor	None
Preceded by	João Doria
Succeeded by	Tarcísio de Freitas
Vice Governor of São Paulo
	In office; 1 January 2019 – 1 April 2022
Governor	João Doria
Preceded by	Márcio França
Succeeded by	Felicio Ramuth
Secretary of Government of São Paulo
	In office; 1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022
Governor	João Doria
Preceded by	Saulo de Castro Abreu Filho
Succeeded by	Laura Müller Machado
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 1 February 2011 – 31 December 2018
Constituency	São Paulo
President of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
	In office; 15 March 2005 – 15 March 2007
Preceded by	Sidney Estanislau Beraldo
Succeeded by	José Carlos Vaz de Lima
State Deputy of São Paulo
	In office; 15 March 1999 – 31 December 2010
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	10 May 1974 (age 50); Tanabi, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	DEM (1997–2021); PSDB (2021–2024)
Spouse	Luciana Mara Martin (m. 1997)
Children	3

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

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^ "São Paulo Vice-Governor joins a meeting at FMUSP and visits the Heart Institute (InCor)". www.fm.usp.br. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Exchange of Meirelles in the Doria government bumps into electoral agenda – 01/28/2022 – Panel SA".
^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Veja quem são os deputados mais votados em São Paulo". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "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.
^ "Vice-governador de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "Startups in SP will receive R$ 25 million in partnership between FAPESP and Sebrae | Entrepreneurship | EarnGurus". 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ "São Paulo Line 15-Silver extension project underway". International Railway Journal. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^ 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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Political offices
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 Felicio Ramuth
Preceded by João Doria	Governor of São Paulo 2022–2023	Succeeded by Tarcísio de Freitas
Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
Preceded by Efraim Filho	Chamber Democrats Leader 2018−2019	Succeeded by Elmar Nascimento
Party political offices
Preceded by Guilherme Afif Domingos	DEM nominee for Vice Governor of São Paulo 2018	Party extinct
Preceded by João Doria	PSDB nominee for Governor of São Paulo 2022	Most recent