Márcio França

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is França and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

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
França in 2018
Minister of Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise and Small Business
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 September 2023
President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded by	Office established
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	None
Preceded by	Geraldo Alckmin
Succeeded by	João Doria
Other positions Lieutenant Governor of Sāo Paulo In office 1 January 2015 – 6 April 2018 Governor Geraldo Alckmin Preceded by Afif Domingos Succeeded by Rodrigo Garcia Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 1 February 2007 – 1 January 2015 Constituency São Paulo Mayor of São Vicente In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2005 Deputy Paulo Souza Preceded by Luís Carlos Luca Pedro Succeeded by Tércio Garcia Councillor of São Vicente In office 1 January 1989 – 1 January 1997 Constituency At-large
Personal details
Born	Márcio Luiz França Gomes (1963-06-23) 23 June 1963 (age 61) São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSB (1988–present)
Spouse	Lúcia Gouvêa ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2, including Caio
Alma mater	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]