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Brazilian politician and lawyer

Franco Montoro
Governor of São Paulo
In office15 March 1983 – 15 March 1987
Vice Governor	Orestes Quércia
Preceded by	José Maria Marin
Succeeded by	Orestes Quércia
Other political positions Federal DeputyIn office1 February 1995 – 16 July 1999ConstituencySão PauloIn office12 July 1962 – 1 February 1967ConstituencySão PauloIn office1 February 1959 – 8 September 1961ConstituencySão PauloNational President of the Brazilian Social Democracy PartyIn office25 June 1988 – 1 September 1991Preceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byTasso JereissatiSenator for São PauloIn office1 February 1971 – 15 March 1983Preceded byAuro de Moura AndradeSucceeded byFernando Henrique CardosoMinister of Labour and Social SecurityIn office8 September 1961 – 12 July 1962PresidentJoão GoulartPrime MinisterTancredo NevesPreceded bySegadas VianaSucceeded byAlmino AfonsoState DeputyIn office1 August 1946 – 23 September 1950ConstituencySão PauloIn office1 August 1941 – 16 July 1945ConstituencySão Paulo
Personal details
Born	(1916-07-14)14 July 1916São Paulo, Brazil
Died	16 July 1999(1999-07-16) (aged 83)São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PDC (1947–1965) MDB (1965–1980)PMDB (1980–1988)PSDB (1988–1999)
Spouse	Lucy Pestana Silva
Children	7
Alma mater	University of São PauloFaculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of São Bento

André Franco Montoro (Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈdrɛ ˈfrãku mõˈtoru]; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in São Paulo as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes.[1] He was a senator and governor of São Paulo, winning against São Paulo mayor Reynaldo de Barros in the latter. He was a member of several parties, such as PDC, MDB, PMDB and one of the founders of PSDB. He was also a law philosopher and a professor at PUC-SP, who wrote several law books.[2]

Montoro is credited as being one of the key figures in the Diretas Já movement, along with Tancredo Neves and Ulysses Guimarães, which helped to bring about the return of direct elections to Brazil.[2]

The São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport is named after him.

Montoro's government decentralized the state into 42 regions, leaving school meals to municipalities. He built thousands of kilometers of country roads and expanded water and sewage networks, in addition to building (on average) one school a week during his tenure.[3] In his government, he had the creation of the first secretariat for the environment and the first police station for the defense of women.[4]

1. ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal FRANCO MONTORO". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
2. ^ a b "Franco Montoro e a Ciência". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
3. ^ "Cem anos de André Franco Montoro". www.diariodesuzano.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. ^ "Franco Montoro, 100 anos". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2021.