Alberto Goldman (; 12 October 1937 – 1 September 2019) was a Brazilian
engineer
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and
politician
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. He was elected Vice Governor of
São Paulo
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in 2006 with
Governor
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José Serra
José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bra ...
. After Serra's resignation, Goldman became governor of São Paulo on 6 April 2010.
Personal life
Goldman began studying engineering at the Polytechnic School of the
University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...
when he was 18.
When the
1964 Brazilian coup d'état
The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ( pt, Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964), colloquially known in Brazil as the Coup of 64 ('), was a series of events in Brazil from March 31 to April 1 that led to the overthrow of President João Goulart by membe ...
took place, he was a militant of the
Brazilian Communist Party
The Brazilian Communist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Comunista Brasileiro), originally the Communist Party of Brazil (), is a communist party in Brazil founded on 25 March 1922 which makes the disputed claim of being the oldest political party sti ...
(PCB). Soon after the
AI-5
The Ato Institucional Número Cinco – AI-5 ( en, Institutional Act Number Five) was the fifth of seventeen major decrees issued by the military dictatorship in the years following the 1964 coup d'état in Brazil. ''Institutional Acts'' were t ...
, he became a member of the
Brazilian Democratic Movement
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(MDB).
After the end of the MDB in the late 1970s, he became a member of the
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
The Brazilian Democratic Movement ( pt, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, ...
(PMDB). He went back to PCB but ended up leaving it for PMDB in 1987.
From 1992-1994, he served as the Transport Minister during the presidency of
Itamar Franco
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (; 28 June 19302 July 2011) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 31 December 1994. Previously, he was the 21st vice president of Brazil from 1990 until the ...
. In 1996, he left PMDB and became a member of PSDB and was elected a federal deputy two years later.
He served as governor of the state of São Paulo from April 2010 to January 2011, replacing
José Serra
José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bra ...
who resigned from office in order to run for the presidency in 2010, and was succeeded by the current governor
Geraldo Alckmin.
He served as acting National President and National Vice President of the
Brazilian Social Democracy Party. He replaced senator
Aécio Neves
Aécio Neves da Cunha (; born 10 March 1960) is a Brazilian economist, politician and former president of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was the 17th Governor of Minas Gerais from 1 January 2003 to 31 March 2010, and is curren ...
, who was the candidate of the party in the
2014 race for the presidency.
After complications caused by surgery to treat heart disease, Goldman died on 1 September 2019 in Sírio Libanês Hospital, in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
.
References
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1937 births
2019 deaths
Governors of São Paulo (state)
Vice Governors of São Paulo (state)
University of São Paulo alumni
Government ministers of Brazil
People from São Paulo
Brazilian Communist Party politicians
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Brazilian communists
Brazilian engineers
Jewish Brazilian politicians
Brazilian people of Polish-Jewish descent