Márcio França
Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1963)
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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França in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 13 September 2023 – 2 April 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tadeu Alencar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Geraldo Alckmin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | João Doria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Márcio Luiz França Gomes 23 June 1963 São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | PSB (1988–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2, including Caio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | 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]
Electoral history
| Year | Election | Party | Office | Coalition | Partners | Party | Votes | Percent | Result | ||
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| 1988 | Municipal Election of São Vicente | PSB | Councillor | N/a | 472 | N/a | Elected | ||||
| 1992 | Municipal Election of São Vicente | N/a | 1,082 | N/a | Elected | ||||||
| 1994 | State Election of São Paulo | Federal Deputy | Popular Brazil Front SP (PT, PSB, PPS, PCdoB, PCB, PMN, PSTU) |
N/a | 18,410 | N/a | Surrogate | ||||
| 1996 | Municipal Election of São Vicente | Mayor | N/a | 50,371 | 44.34% | Elected | |||||
| 2000 | Municipal Election of São Vicente | (PSB, PSDB, PFL, PDT, PAN, PTN, PV, PPS, PTB, PCdoB, PSDC, PSC, PMDB, PTdoB, PRP, PPB) | N/a | 139,581 | 93.01% | Elected | |||||
| 2006 | State Election of São Paulo | Federal Deputy | N/a | 215,388 | 1.04% | Elected | |||||
| 2010 | State Election of São Paulo | Pay Attention São Paulo (PSL, PSB) |
N/a | 171,973 | 0.92% | Elected | |||||
| 2014 | State Election of São Paulo | Vice Governor | This is São Paulo (PSDB, DEM, PEN, PMN, PTdoB, PTC, PTN, SD, PPS, PRB, PSB, PSC, PSDC, PSL) |
Geraldo Alckmin | PSDB | 12,230,807 | 57.31% | Elected | |||
| 2018 | State Election of São Paulo | Governor | São Paulo Trusts and Advances (PSB, PSC, PPS, PTB, PV, PR, PODE, PMB, PHS, PPL, PRP, PATRIOTA, PROS, SOLIDARIEDADE, AVANTE) |
Eliane Nikoluk | PR | 4,358,998 | 21.53% | Runoff | |||
| 10,248,740 | 48.25% | Not elected | |||||||||
| 2020 | Municipal Election of São Paulo | Mayor | Here We Have Word (PSB, PDT, PMN, Avante, Solidariedade) |
Antonio Neto | PDT | 728,441 | 13.64% | Not elected | |||
| 2022 | State Election of São Paulo | Senator | Together for São Paulo (PT, PCdoB, PV, PSOL, REDE, PSB, Agir) |
Juliano Medeiros | PSOL | 7,822,518 | 36.27% | Not elected | |||
| Dora Fehr | PSB | ||||||||||
| 2026 | State Election of São Paulo | Vice Governor | Wake Up São Paulo (PT, PCdoB, PV, PSOL, REDE, PSB, PDT) |
Fernando Haddad | PT | N/a | N/a | TBA | |||