Rodrigo Garcia (politician)

Rodrigo Garcia (born 10 May 1974 in Tanabi) is a Brazilian attorney, entrepreneur, realtor and politician, member of the Democrats (DEM). He was elect State Deputy elect for three consecutives legislatures, President of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, and Federal Deputy. Garcia is, currently, the Vice Governor of São Paulo, elect in the 2018 election, and also State Secretary of Government.[1]

Rodrigo Garcia
Vice Governor of São Paulo
Assumed office
1 January 2019
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded byMárcio França
Secretary of Government of São Paulo
Assumed office
1 January 2019
GovernorJoão Doria
Preceded bySaulo de Castro Abreu Filho
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for São Paulo
In office
1 February 2011  1 January 2019
Chamber Leader of the DEM Caucus
In office
6 February 2018  1 January 2019
Preceded byEfraim Filho
Succeeded byElmar Nascimento
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo
In office
15 March 1999  1 February 2011
Personal details
Born
Rodrigo Garcia

(1974-05-10) 10 May 1974
Tanabi, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyDEM (Since 2007)
PFL (1997−2007)
Spouse(s)
Luciana Garcia
(m. 1997)

Career

Garcia licensed from the Legislative Assembly to take office as Municipal Secretary of Modernization, Management and Debureaucracy of São Paulo between 2008 and 2010. In April 2010, he returned to the Assembly to resume his work as Deputy. He is National Vice President of DEM and Secretary-General of the party in the state of São Paulo.

Rodrigo had a partnership with Gilberto Kassab, but severed ties with the then Mayor, refusing the invitation to join the Social Democratic Party (PSD), party founded by Kassab. In May 2011, Garcia was invited by Governor Geraldo Alckmin to be State Secretary of Economic Development, Science and Technology of São Paulo. On 3 April 2014, he left the Secretariat to return to the Chamber.

In the 2014 elections, in the 55th Legislature, Rodrigo was the 5th most voted candidate for Federal Deputy in São Paulo, garnering 336,151 votes. On 1 February 2015, he assumed his fifth term. After that, he licensed from his seat to be State Secretary of Housing in the new Alckmin administration. On 17 April 2016, Garcia voted for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.[2]

In the 2018 election, he ran as Vice Governor alongside João Doria, who was elect in the second round.[3][4]

References

  1. Venceslau, Pedro; Leite, Fabio (1 November 2018). "Doria escolhe vice como secretário de Governo e esboça primeiro escalão em SP" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). G1. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. "PSDB anuncia Rodrigo Garcia, do DEM, para a vaga de vice-governador de SP" (in Portuguese). G1. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. Bilenky, Thais; Tavares, Joelmir (28 October 2018). "Doria derrota França, é eleito governador e mantém hegemonia do PSDB em SP" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Saulo de Castro Abreu Filho
Secretary of Government of São Paulo
2019−present
Incumbent
Vacant
Title last held by
Márcio França
Vice Governor of São Paulo
2019−present
Incumbent
Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
Preceded by
Efraim Filho
Chamber Leader of the DEM Caucus
2018−2019
Succeeded by
Elmar Nascimento
Party political offices
Preceded by
Guilherme Afif Domingos
DEM nominee for Vice Governor of São Paulo
2018
Most recent
Lines of succession
First São Paulo Gubernatorial line of succession
1st in line
as Vice Governor of São Paulo
Followed by
Cauê Macris
as President of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
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