Rodrigo Garcia (politician)

Rodrigo Garcia (born 10 May 1974 in Tanabi) is a Brazilian lawyer, businessman and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).[1][2] 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 March 15, 2005 to March 15, 2007.[3][4] He is currently the Governor of São Paulo.[5][6][7]

Rodrigo Garcia
Official portrait, 2019.
Governor of São Paulo
Assumed office
31 March 2022
Vice GovernorNone
Preceded byJoão Doria
Vice Governor of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded byMárcio França
State Secretary of Government of São Paulo
In office
1 January 2019 – 31 March 2022
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded bySaulo de Castro Abreu Filho
Federal Deputy from São Paulo
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 January 2019
Chamber Democrats Leader
In office
6 February 2018 – 1 January 2019
Preceded byEfraim Filho
Succeeded byElmar Nascimento
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1999 – 1 February 2011
Personal details
Born
Rodrigo Garcia

(1974-05-10) 10 May 1974
Tanabi, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		DEM (1997–2021)
Spouse(s)
Luciana Garcia
​
(m. 1997)​

Career

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.[8] In April 2010, he returned to the Legislative Assembly to continue his work as a state deputy for the Democrats.[9] He was national vice president of DEM and secretary general of the party in the State of São Paulo.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

In the 2018 elections, he ran as vice governor on João Doria's ticket, for which he was elected in the second round.[15]

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.[16][17]

References
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  2. "The inertia of polarization". valorinternational (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. "Deputado Estadual". www.al.sp.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  4. "Vice-governador de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  5. 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.
  6. "São Paulo Vice-Governor joins a meeting at FMUSP and visits the Heart Institute (InCor)". www.fm.usp.br. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  7. "Exchange of Meirelles in the Doria government bumps into electoral agenda – 01/28/2022 – Panel SA".
  8. "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal RODRIGO GARCIA". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  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. "Veja quem são os deputados mais votados em São Paulo". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  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.
  15. "Vice-governador de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  16. "Startups in SP will receive R$ 25 million in partnership between FAPESP and Sebrae | Entrepreneurship | EarnGurus". 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  17. "São Paulo Line 15-Silver extension project underway". International Railway Journal. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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