Márcio França

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is França and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

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
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 September 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Office established
Minister of Ports and Airports
In office 1 January 2023 – 13 September 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Marcelo Sampaio
Succeeded by	Sílvio Costa Filho
Governor of São Paulo
In office 6 April 2018 – 1 January 2019
Lieutenant	None
Preceded by	Geraldo Alckmin
Succeeded by	João Doria
Other positions Lieutenant Governor of Sāo Paulo In office 1 January 2015 – 6 April 2018 Governor Geraldo Alckmin Preceded by Afif Domingos Succeeded by Rodrigo Garcia Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 1 February 2007 – 1 January 2015 Constituency São Paulo Mayor of São Vicente In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 Deputy Paulo Souza Preceded by Luís Carlos Luca Pedro Succeeded by Tércio Garcia Councillor of São Vicente In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1997 Constituency At-large
Personal details
Born	Márcio Luiz França Gomes (1963-06-23) 23 June 1963 (age 61) São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSB (1988–present)
Spouse	Lúcia Gouvêa ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Catholic 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

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.

External links

• Media related to Márcio França at Wikimedia Commons

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 Geraldo Alckmin	Governor of São Paulo 2018–2019	Succeeded by João Doria
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 Luiza Erundina (2004)	PSB nominee for Mayor of São Paulo 2020