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Bruno Covas Lopes (7 April 1980 – 16 May 2021) was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 until his death in 2021.

Covas was the grandson of former São Paulo state governor Mário Covas. Before becoming mayor, Bruno Covas had served as national president of PSDB Youth and São Paulo state secretary for the environment.[1] In October 2016, Covas was elected vice mayor of São Paulo, as the running mate of PSDB mayoral candidate João Doria. In early April 2018, Covas took office as mayor after João Doria resigned to run for the state governorship in the 2018 general elections.[2]

Covas was diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer in October 2019, in the form of an adenocarcinoma, but continued to serve as mayor while receiving chemotherapy. In November 2020, his disease had stabilised, and Covas was elected as mayor, beating Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) candidate Guilherme Boulos.[3] In May 2021, Covas was admitted to Hospital Sírio-Libanês after his cancer had spread to his liver and bones, and he requested an administrative leave of office for 30 days.[4] He died on 16 May 2021, becoming the first mayor of São Paulo to die in office.

Early life

Bruno Covas Lopes was born on Шаблон:Dts in Santos, a beach town near the city of São Paulo, to Renata Covas Lopes and Pedro Lopes.[5][6] His maternal grandfather, Mário Covas, was one of seven founders of the PSDB in 1988, and had served as governor of the state of São Paulo from 1995 until his death in 2001 due to bladder cancer.Шаблон:R[7][8] Mário Covas had been the PSDB presidential candidate in 1989, was widely considered the likely PSDB presidential candidate for 2002, and had also been a close ally of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.[9][10]

During his childhood, Bruno Covas attended the Carmo and Lusíadas schools in Santos, and accompanied his grandfather on trips to Brasília, the federal capital, when the elder Covas served as a senator.Шаблон:R In 1995, Covas moved to São Paulo to study at the Bandeirantes School, and lived with his grandfather at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes while the latter was serving as state governor.Шаблон:R[11] Covas earned a law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2002 and a degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 2005.[12]

Career

Student politics

At the age of 18, Covas formally joined the PSDB in 1998.Шаблон:R He held various positions in PSDB Youth, the party's youth organization, being elected as its first secretary in 1999, state president in 2003, and national president in 2007.Шаблон:R[13] He served as the organization's national president from 2007 to 2011.Шаблон:R

Public debut

Bruno Covas began his public political career in 2004, when he ran on the PSDB ticket for vice mayor of Santos along with mayoral candidate Raul Christiano.[14] Christiano had originally extended the invitation to Bruno's mother Renata Covas, but she told Christiano to ask Bruno, as he was the family politician.[15] Their ticket placed fourth during the first round of the election, garnering 28,012 votes, or 11.52% of the total.[16]

In 2005 and 2006, he was a legislative aide to the leadership of Geraldo Alckmin's government in the Legislative Assembly.Шаблон:R

State deputy

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Covas (left) as state deputy in 2009

In 2006, he ran for State Deputy and was elected with 122,312 votes, one of the highest in that election.Шаблон:R[17] Conscious Vote Movement considered Covas the most active deputy of the 16th Legislature from 2007 to 2010.[18][19]

Covas was president of the Committee of Finances and Budget of the first biennium (2007Шаблон:Ndash2008).Шаблон:R He also was part of the Committees of Human Rights and Defense of Consumer Rights and was president of the Parliamentary Front of the Luso-Brazilian Community and Coordinator of the Front DST-Aids.Шаблон:R

Covas was the rapporteur for more than 180 bills, including the state budget for two consecutive years (2009 and 2010) and the Nota Fiscal Paulista, which decreased the tax burden and gave back taxes directly to citizens.Шаблон:R[20][21] He was president of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) of the Central Office of Collection and Distribution (ECAD), rapporteur of the CPI of the Шаблон:Ill (CDHU), and member of the CPI of the Housing Cooperative Bank (BANCOOP).Шаблон:R

In the 2010 election, Covas was re-elected State Deputy with 239,150 votes, the highest number received by any São Paulo State Assembly candidate that year,Шаблон:R drawing 131,000 votes from the capital alone.[22]

State secretary

In 2011, Covas was appointed to the office as State Secretary of the Environment in the new government of Geraldo Alckmin,[23] and vacated his position as State Deputy to assume the secretarial office.Шаблон:R[24][25]

Federal deputy

Bruno Covas was elected a federal deputy in 2014 for the 55th Legislature (2015–2019). He voted "Yes" for opening the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.[26] While in the government of President Michel Temer, he voted "Yes" on Public Spending Ceiling Bill.[26]

In 2015, Covas was a sub-rapporteur of the CPI of Petrobras and a member of the special committee reviewing the age of criminal responsibility.[27][28]

Mayor

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With Arnold Schwarzenegger (Шаблон:Abbr), former governor of California, and João Doria (Шаблон:Abbr), governor of São Paulo, 2019

Covas was elected vice mayor of São Paulo in the first round of the 2016 mayoral election, alongside winning mayoral candidate João Doria.[29] To assume the vice mayoralty, Covas resigned from his position as federal deputy.Шаблон:R On Шаблон:Dts, his 38th birthday, Covas assumed the mayoralty after Doria left the office to run for the governorship.Шаблон:R[30][31]

Campaigning as a centrist in a divided city, Covas was elected mayor in the 2020 mayoral election, alongside vice mayoral candidate Ricardo Nunes of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).Шаблон:R The ticket received 1,754,013 votes in the first round, winning each of the city's 58 electoral zones and advancing to the runoff in a 13-candidate field.[32][33] In the second round, Covas obtained 3,169,121 votes (59.38%), beating PSOL candidate Guilherme Boulos by just over 1 million votes.[34][35]

Illness and death

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Covas in 2020

On 19 October 2019, Covas was taken to the emergency department at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein with a rash on his leg and was prescribed antibiotics. He failed to improve and was admitted to the Hospital Sírio-Libanês on 23 October with a diagnosis of erysipelas. Two days later, he was found to have a deep venous thrombosis of the fibular veins[36] and bilateral pulmonary emboli.[37] His young age and lack of risk factors prompted further investigation, which revealed an adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction with liver and regional lymph node metastases.[37]

From October through February 2020, Covas received chemotherapy with complete remission of the primary tumor, but the lymph node metastases persisted; he then began a course of immunotherapy.[34] In November 2020, he had stable disease and continued to receive immunotherapy with pembrolizumab every three weeks.[34]

In June 2020, he tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.[38][39] He self-isolated at City Hall for two weeks and recovered uneventfully.[34]

By April 2021, his cancer had spread to his liver and bones, and Covas was admitted to Hospital Sírio-Libanês.Шаблон:R He declined to take leave of office and was discharged twelve days later on Шаблон:Dts.[40]Шаблон:R On 2 May 2021, Covas was readmitted to the hospital and announced his taking leave of office, with Vice Mayor Ricardo Nunes acting as mayor in his absence.Шаблон:R The following day, after bleeding was discovered in his stomach, Covas was transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) and intubated for a procedure to stem the bleeding.[41]Шаблон:R He was extubated the same day after the bleeding was stopped, and transferred out of the ICU the next day.Шаблон:R The medical team announced that his condition was irreversible on the evening of Шаблон:Dts.Шаблон:R

Covas died on 16 May 2021 at 08:20 [[Time in Brazil|Шаблон:Abbr]] Шаблон:Nowrap of gastrointestinal cancer, aged 41,[42]Шаблон:R at Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo.[43] He was the first mayor of São Paulo to die in office.[44] He was buried in Paquetá Cemetery in Santos later that day.[45]Шаблон:R

Personal life

Covas married Karen Ichiba, a friend from college, in 2004.[46] They had a son in 2005.Шаблон:R The couple divorced in 2014.[47] His son often accompanied him during his tenure at city hall and during election campaigns.Шаблон:R

In 2017, while he was vice mayor, Covas underwent a radical change of appearance.[48] Encouraged by Mayor Doria, Covas adopted a strict diet and started exercising frequently, and lost over Шаблон:Cvt as a result.Шаблон:R He also stopped wearing his usual jacket and tie, shaved his head, and grew a beard.Шаблон:R

Covas lived in the São Paulo district of Шаблон:Ill, having moved there when he was vice mayor to be closer to the city centre.Шаблон:R[49] In 2020, during the pandemic, Covas lived at city hall for over two months in order to continue working while the state was under lockdown.Шаблон:R[50]

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