Luiz Fernando Pezão
| Luiz Fernando Pezão | |
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| 62nd Governor of Rio de Janeiro | |
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Assumed office 4 April 2014 |
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| Vice Governor | Francisco Dornelles |
| Preceded by | Sérgio Cabral |
| Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro | |
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In office 1 January 2007 – 3 April 2014 |
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| Governor | Sérgio Cabral |
| Preceded by | Luiz Paulo Conde |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Dornelles |
| Mayor of the City of Piraí | |
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In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Henrique Tutuca |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Henrique Tutuca |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 March 1958 Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political party | PMDB |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Lúcia Jardim |
| Profession | Administrator, politician |
Luiz Fernando de Souza, commonly known as Luiz Fernando Pezão or even Pezão (English: Bigfoot) (born 29 March 1958) is an entrepreneur, politician and the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He was succeeded by interim Governor Francisco Dornelles on 28 March 2016.
Pezão has a degree in Administration and became a politician in the 1980s, as councillor of Piraí. He then served two times as mayor of the town.
In 2006, Pezão was chosen by Sérgio Cabral, then candidate to the governorship of Rio de Janeiro, to be his running mate. They won the election and Pezão took office as Vice Governor and State Secretary of Public Works simultaneously.
He assumed the office of governor due to the resignation of Sérgio Cabral, that at the time had plans to run for the senate).
Pezão is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, one of the most powerful political parties of the country.
He was reelected governor in the 2014 gubernatorial election, running against former governor Anthony Garotinho, and the senators Lindberg Farias and Marcelo Crivella.
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