André Franco Montoro (; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in
São Paulo
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as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes. He was a
senator
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and
governor of São Paulo
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. He was a member of several parties, such as
PDC,
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,
PMDB
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and one of the founders of
PSDB
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. He was also a
law
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philosopher
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and a professor at
PUC-SP, who wrote several law books.
Montoro is credited as being one of the key figures in the
Diretas Já
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Participants of the movement
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movement, along with
Tancredo Neves
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and
Ulysses Guimarães
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, which helped to bring about the return of direct elections to Brazil.
The
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
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is named after him.
Montoro government
Montoro's government decentralized the state into 42 regions, leaving school meals to municipalities. He built thousands of kilometers of vaccine roads and expanded water and sewage networks, in addition to building (on average) one school a week during his tenure. In his government, he had the creation of the first secretariat for the environment and the first police station for the defense of women.
References
1916 births
1998 deaths
People from São Paulo
Governors of São Paulo (state)
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Brazilian people of Spanish descent
University of São Paulo alumni
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo
Members of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
Christian Democratic Party (Brazil) politicians
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians
20th-century Brazilian lawyers
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