José Ivo Sartori
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José Ivo Sartori (born 25 February 1948) is a Brazilian politician. He is a former city councilor and former mayor of
Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul () is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian Brazilian, Italian immigrants on June 20, 1890. Today it is the second Largest cities in R ...
and belongs to PMDB. He is married to Maria Helena Sartori, with whom he has two sons, Marcos and Carolina. He was the 38th
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul The governor of Rio Grande do Sul is the head of government of the state's Executive (government), executive branch, assisted by his secretaries, whom he freely chooses. Elected by absolute Majority rule, majority in universal suffrage, together ...
from 2015 to 2019.


Biography

Sartori graduated in
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at the University of Caxias do Sul. He began his political career in 1976 when he was elected
alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...
in Caxias do Sul. He won five consecutive terms for the state's Legislative Assembly from 1982 and was elected congressman in 2002. He was also state secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, between 1987 and 1988. Sartori ran four times for mayor of Caxias do Sul, in 1992, 2000 and 2004, when he was elected with 52.43% in the second round. In 2008, Sartori was reelected mayor of Caxias do Sul with 54.35% of the votes against 45.65% of the defeated candidate, former Mayor Pepe Vargas (PT). As Mayor of Caxias do Sul, he acted strongly in the areas of health, traffic and safety, promoting buildings and Basic Health Units reforms, putting patrolling the streets, turning Caxias do Sul in the first city in Brazil to use the automated
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opening roads to relieve the traffic, among other measures.


References

Living people 1948 births Governors of Rio Grande do Sul Mayors of places in Brazil Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio Grande do Sul Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians People from Farroupilha {{Brazil-mayor-stub