Paulo de Siqueira Garcia (13 May 1959 – 30 July 2017) was a Brazilian neurosurgeon,

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and

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from the Workers' Party. He was the mayor of

Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...

from 1 April 2010, when then-mayor

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resigned in order to run for governor at the 2010 election, until his death.

Biography

Paulo de Siqueira Garcia was born on 13 May 1959 in

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...

. He was married and fathered two children. He graduated from the Federal University of Goiás' Medical School and specialized in

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

Political career

Paulo Garcia was the secretary of organization of the local Workers' Party, a substitute councilor in 2000 and a state deputy for

between 2002 and 2006. As a deputy, he created the Mandate's Council, which ensured, through 17 thematic committees, people's participation in his parliamentary conduct.

Mayor of Goiânia

On 1 April 2010, Garcia became mayor of Goiânia through the resignation of then-mayor

, becoming the third mayor from the Workers' Party, after Darci Accorsi and Pedro Wilson. Garcia ensured that he would not change the administrative structure of the city. The parties that composed Rezende's government kept their secretaries. Gacia sought a second term at the 2012 mayoral election, in which he led all opinion polls.

Death

At around 4:30 am on 30 July 2017, Garcia died from a stroke suffered in his apartment at the neighborhoods of Setor Bueno in Goiânia at the age of 58. He was survived by his wife, Tereza Beiler, a doctor, and their two children.

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Biography

Political career

Mayor of Goiânia

Death

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