Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (October 29, 1934 – September 11, 2014) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as the governor of Rondônia from 1987 until 1991.[1] He was the first governor of Rondônia to be elected through direct election.[1]
Jerônimo Garcia de Santana | |
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| Governor of Rondônia | |
| In office March 15, 1987 – March 15, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Ângelo Angelin |
| Succeeded by | Oswaldo Piana Filho |
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| Born | October 29, 1934 Jataí, Jataí, Brazil |
| Died | September 11, 2014 (aged 79) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
Jerônimo Garcia de Santana was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1970, 1974 and 1978 as a member of the PMDB.[1] He was elected mayor of Porto Velho on November 15, 1985, and sworn into office on January 1, 1986.[1] He resigned from the mayoral office in May 1986 to run for governor in the 1986 Rondônia gubernatorial election.[1]
Garcia de Santana attempted a political comeback in 1994, won the gubernatorial contest, becoming the first governor of Rondônia to be directly elected.[1] He served until 1991.[1]
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).[1] In 1998, he lost election to the Chamber of Deputies, this time as a Liberal Front Party (PLF) candidate.[1]
He died from respiratory failure at the Hospital Santa Luzia in Brasilia on September 11, 2014, at the age of 79.[1] He had suffered from diabetes and hypertension. His funeral was held in Brasilia on September 15, 2014.[1]