Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (October 29, 1934 – September 11, 2014) was a Brazilian politician and

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who served as the

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from 1987 until 1991. He was the first governor of

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...

to be elected through

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. Jerônimo Garcia de Santana was elected as a member of the

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in 1970, 1974 and 1978 as a member of the PMDB. He was elected mayor of Porto Velho on November 15, 1985, and sworn into office on January 1, 1986. He resigned from the mayoral office in May 1986 to run for governor in the 1986 Rondônia gubernatorial election. Garcia de Santana attempted a political comeback in 1994, won the gubernatorial contest, becoming the first governor of Rondônia to be directly elected. He served until 1991. Jerônimo Garcia de Santana attempted a political comeback in 1994, was he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Rondônia as a member of the Reform Progressive Party (PPR). In 1998, he lost election to the Chamber of Deputies, this time as a Liberal Front Party (PLF) candidate. He died from respiratory failure at the Hospital Santa Luzia in Brasilia on September 11, 2014, at the age of 79. He had suffered from diabetes and

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. His funeral was held in Brasilia on September 15, 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia de Santana, Jeronimo 1934 births 2014 deaths Governors of Rondônia Mayors of places in Brazil Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rondônia 20th-century Brazilian lawyers Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians People from Porto Velho People from Jataí