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 office as governor on 6 April 2018 after Alckmin resigned to run for President of Brazil in the 2018 election.[1] França ran for re-election in 2018,[2][3] but lost to João Doria by a narrow margin in the run-off.[4]

Márcio França
França in March 2022
Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business
Assumed office
13 September 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of Ports and Airports
In office
1 January 2023 – 13 September 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byMarcelo Sampaio
Succeeded bySílvio Costa Filho
Governor of São Paulo
In office
6 April 2018 – 1 January 2019
LieutenantNone
Preceded byGeraldo Alckmin
Succeeded byJoão Doria
Other positions
Lieutenant Governor of Sāo Paulo
In office
1 January 2015 – 6 April 2018
GovernorGeraldo Alckmin
Preceded byAfif Domingos
Succeeded byRodrigo Garcia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2007 – 1 January 2015
ConstituencySão Paulo
Mayor of São Vicente
In office
1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005
DeputyPaulo Souza
Preceded byLuís Carlos Luca Pedro
Succeeded byTércio Garcia
Councillor of São Vicente
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1997
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Márcio Luiz França Gomes

(1963-06-23) 23 June 1963 (age 61)
São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSB (1988–present)
Spouse
(m. 1986)
Children2
Alma materCatholic University of Santos (LL.B.)

He was the PSB nominee for Mayor of São Paulo with Antonio Neto, from PDT, as vice mayoral running mate.[5][6] In the 2022 elections, França was a candidate for the Senate, while his wife Lúcia França became the running mate of Fernando Haddad in the São Paulo gubernatorial election.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Mellis, Fernando (6 April 2018). "Governador com mais tempo no cargo, Alckmin renuncia nesta sexta" (in Portuguese). R7. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ Viegas, Nonato (5 March 2018). "PSB quer deputado do DEM como candidato a vice de Márcio França em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Época. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Márcio França, candidato no 2º turno na disputa pelo governo de São Paulo pelo PSB, é entrevistado pelo Diário TV". TV Diário (in Portuguese). G1. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "João Doria, do PSDB, é eleito governador de São Paulo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  5. ^ "Chapa PSB-PDT lança Márcio França a prefeito de São Paulo". O Cafezinho (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  6. ^ "Márcio França anuncia candidatura a prefeitura de SP com apoio de Ciro". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  7. ^ "Haddad anuncia Lúcia França, mulher de Márcio França, como vice em SP". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 August 2022.
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Political offices
Preceded by
Luís Carlos Luca Pedro
Mayor of São Vicente
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Tércio Garcia
Preceded by
José Benedito Pereira Fernandes
Secretary of Sports, Recreation and
Tourism of São Paulo

2011–2015
Succeeded by
Roberto Alves de Lucena
Preceded by
Guilherme Afif Domingos
Vice Governor of São Paulo
2015–2018
Vacant
Title next held by
Rodrigo Garcia
Preceded by
Nelson Baeta Neves Filho
Secretary of Development of São Paulo
2015–2018
Succeeded by
Marcos Monteiro
Preceded by Governor of São Paulo
2018–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marcelo Sampaio
as Minister of Infrastructure
Minister of Ports and Airports
2023
Succeeded by
Sílvio Costa Filho
Office created Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business
2023–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Paulo Skaf (2010)
PSB nominee for Governor of São Paulo
2018
Most recent
Preceded by PSB nominee for Mayor of São Paulo
2020