Orestes Quércia
| Orestes Quércia | |
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| 28th Governor of São Paulo | |
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In office 15 March 1987 – 15 March 1991 |
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| Vice Governor | Almino Afonso |
| Preceded by | Franco Montoro |
| Succeeded by | Luiz Antônio Fleury |
| Vice Governor of São Paulo | |
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In office 15 March 1983 – 30 March 1986 |
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| Governor | Franco Montoro |
| Preceded by | José Maria Marin |
| Succeeded by | Aloysio Nunes |
| Member of the Federal Senate | |
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In office 1 February 1975 – 1 February 1983 |
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| Constituency | São Paulo |
| Mayor of Campinas | |
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In office 15 March 1969 – 1 January 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Ruy Hellmeister Novais |
| Succeeded by | Lauro Péricles Gonçalves |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1938 Pedregulho, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | December 24, 2010 (aged 72) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Political party | PMDB |
| Spouse(s) | Alaíde Quércia |
| Occupation | Journalist, lawyer and entrepreneur |
Orestes Quércia (Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈrɛstʃis ˈkwɛɾsjɐ]) (18 August 1938 – 24 December 2010) was a Brazilian politician. He was the 28th governor of São Paulo State.
Quércia moved with his family from Pedregulho to the city of Campinas, where he graduated in journalism. He was also a lawyer and an entrepreneur since 1962, with a diploma from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica.
He was married to Alaíde Barbosa Ulson Quércia since the 80s until his death after a long battle against prostate cancer on 24 December 2010 link label. He died with 72 years old, leaving his four children and the wife.
The son of Octavio Quércia and Isaura Roque Quércia, Orestes Quércia lived in Pedregulho and moved to Campinas with his family when still a teenager. Elected the vice-president of the student council in his High School, in his senior year he joined as a reporter to the local newspaper Diário do Povo (Campinas), and got accepted at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCC) in its Law School program. At university, he was the director of the newspaper Centro Acadêmico 16 de Abril(journal of Academic Center April 16) and he founded the Universidade de Cultura Popular (University of Popular Culture) linked to the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUCC). From 1959 to 1963 Quércia was the radio announcer for two radios: Rádio Cultura and Rádio Brasil, he also worked at the newspaper Jornal de Campinas which was a branch of Última Hora newspaper. Subsequently, he became the president of the press association of Campinas and also worked as a production assistant at the Highways department.
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