Alberto Goldman is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

 and politician

Politician

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. He was elected Vice-governor of São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

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 in 2006 with Governor José Serra

José Serra

José Serra is a Brazilian politician, former secretary of state, congressman, senator, minister of Planning and Minister of Health, mayor of São Paulo and Governor of São Paulo state.-Background:...

. After Serra's resignation, to be able to run for the presidency of Brazil in the general elections of October 2010

Brazilian general election, 2010

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, Goldman became governor of São Paulo on 6 April 2010.

Goldman started coursing engineering in the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo

University of São Paulo

Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...

 when he was 18. When the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état took place, he was a militant of the Brazilian Communist Party

Brazilian Communist Party

Brazilian Communist Party is the oldest political party still active in Brazil, founded in 1922, and one of the only Brazilian parties with a Stalinist orientation...

 (PCB), that was outcast by law. Soon after the AI-5

AI-5

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, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement

Brazilian Democratic Movement

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 (MDB). After the end of the MDB in the late 1970s, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). He went back to PCB but ended up switching it for PMDB in 1987. From 1992-1994, he served as the Transport Minister of Itamar Franco

Itamar Franco

Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco was a Brazilian politician and the President of Brazil from December 29, 1992, to January 1, 1995. During his long political career, Franco was also a Senator, Mayor, Ambassador, Governor and Vice President...

presidency. In 1996, he left PMDB and became a member of PSDB and was elected two years later a federal deputy. Since April 2010, he is the governor of the state of São Paulo.