Franco Montoro

André Franco Montoro (Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈdrɛ ˈfrãku mõˈtoru]; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in São Paulo as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes. He was a senator and governor of São Paulo, winning against São Paulo mayor Reynaldo de Barros in the latter. He was a member of several parties, such as PDC, MDB, PMDB and one of the founders of PSDB. He was also a law philosopher and a professor at PUC-SP, who wrote several law books.

Franco Montoro
Governor of São Paulo
In office 15 March 1983 – 15 March 1987
Vice Governor	Orestes Quércia
Preceded by	José Maria Marin
Succeeded by	Orestes Quércia
Other political positions Federal Deputy In office 1 February 1995 – 16 July 1999 Constituency São Paulo In office 12 July 1962 – 1 February 1967 Constituency São Paulo In office 1 February 1959 – 8 September 1961 Constituency São Paulo National President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party In office 25 June 1988 – 1 September 1991 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Tasso Jereissati Senator for São Paulo In office 1 February 1971 – 15 March 1983 Preceded by Auro de Moura Andrade Succeeded by Fernando Henrique Cardoso Minister of Labour and Social Security In office 8 September 1961 – 12 July 1962 President João Goulart Prime Minister Tancredo Neves Preceded by Segadas Viana Succeeded by Almino Afonso State Deputy In office 1 August 1946 – 23 September 1950 Constituency São Paulo In office 1 August 1941 – 16 July 1945 Constituency São Paulo
Personal details
Born	(1916-07-14)14 July 1916 São Paulo, Brazil
Died	16 July 1999(1999-07-16) (aged 83) São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PDC (1947–1965) MDB (1965–1980) PMDB (1980–1988) PSDB (1988–1999)
Spouse	Lucy Pestana Silva
Children	7
Alma mater	University of São Paulo Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of São Bento

Montoro is credited as being one of the key figures in the Diretas Já movement, along with Tancredo Neves and Ulysses Guimarães, which helped to bring about the return of direct elections to Brazil.

The São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport 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 country 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.