Lúcia Massis de Gouvêa França Gomes (born 28 January 1962) is a Brazilian professor filiated to the

Brazilian Socialist Party The Brazilian Socialist Party (, PSB) is a political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and re-organised in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Brazil. It elected six Governors in 201 ...

. The wife of

Márcio França Márcio Luiz França Gomes (born 23 June 1963) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), and former governor and vice governor of São Paulo, elected with Geraldo Alckmin in 2014. França assumed the off ...

, she served as First Lady of the state of

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and also as president of Fundo Social São Paulo.

Biography

Lúcia França was born in São Paulo, but moved to São Vicente at the age of 10. At the age of 17, she graduated in teaching, influenced by her mother who worked in school in São Vicente until being approved to work in

Praia Grande Praia Grande is a municipality in the Baixada Santista Metropolitan Region, on the southern coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is part of the Immediate Region of Santos and its population measured in the IBGE census review in 2010 ...

. Married with

since 1986, they had met when they were teenagers. They have two children: pedagogue Helena and lawyer and state deputy Caio França, besides two grandchildren, Enzo and Laura. She became First Lady of São Paulo in 6 April 2018 after her husband took office as Governor due to the resignation of then Governor

Geraldo Alckmin Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho (; born 7 November 1952) is a Brazilian physician and politician currently serving as 26th vice president of Brazil. He previously was the List of governors of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo (state), S� ...

. From 1997 to 2004, she served as president of Fundo Social de Solidariedade in the municipality of São Vicente. In 2022, Gouvêa was announced as running mate of

Fernando Haddad Fernando Haddad (; born 25 January 1963) is a Brazilian scholar, lawyer and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023. He was previously the mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2017 and the Brazilian mini ...

in the 2022 state election.

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