Alberto Goldman
{{Short description|Brazilian engineer and politician (1937–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alberto Goldman
| image = Albertogoldman.jpeg
| office = Governor of São Paulo
| term_start = 2 April 2010
| term_end = 1 January 2011
| lieutenant = None
| predecessor = José Serra
| successor = Geraldo Alckmin
| office1 = Lieutenant Governor of São Paulo
| term_start1 = 1 January 2007
| term_end1 = 2 April 2010
| governor1 = José Serra
| predecessor1 = Cláudio Lembo
| successor1 = Afif Domingos
| office2 = Secretary of Development of São Paulo
| term_start2 = 1 January 2007
| term_end2 = 19 January 2009
| governor2 = José Serra
| predecessor2 = Maria Helena Guimarães de Castro
| successor2 = Geraldo Alckmin
| office3 = Minister of Transport
| term_start3 = 2 October 1992
| term_end3 = 21 December 1993
| president3 = Itamar Franco
| predecessor3 = Affonso Camargo Neto
| successor3 = Margarida Coimbra do Nascimento
| office4 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start4 = 1 February 1991
| term_end4 = 1 January 2007
| constituency4 = São Paulo
| term_start5 = 1 February 1979
| term_end5 = 1 February 1987
| constituency5 = São Paulo
| office6 = State Deputy of São Paulo
| term_start6 = 15 March 1971
| term_end6 = 1 February 1979
| constituency6 = At-large
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|10|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|09|01|1937|10|12|df=y}}
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| party = {{Plainlist|
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Deuzeni Trisoglio|1977}}
| profession = Engineer
}}
Alberto Goldman ({{IPA|pt|awˈbɛɾtu ˈɡowdmã}}; 12 October 1937 – 1 September 2019) was a Brazilian engineer and politician who served as Governor of São Paulo for nine months in 2010 after the resignation of José Serra. He had previously served as Vice Governor of that state from 2007 to 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u716950.shtml|title=Goldman assume governo de SP com elogios a Serra e críticas ao mensalão|last=Roncaglia|first=Daniel|date=6 April 2010|publisher=Folha Online|language=Portuguese|accessdate=17 April 2010}}
Personal life
Goldman began studying engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo when he was 18.{{cite web|url=http://www.albertogoldman.com.br/completa.pdf |title=Complete biography of Alberto Goldman |language=Portuguese |accessdate=17 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601231102/http://www.albertogoldman.com.br/completa.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2010 }} When the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état took place, he was a militant of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). Soon after the AI-5, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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 leaving it for PMDB in 1987. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Transport Minister during the presidency of Itamar Franco. In 1996, he left PMDB and became a member of PSDB and was elected a federal deputy two years later.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}
He served as governor of the state of São Paulo from April 2010 to January 2011, replacing José Serra who resigned from office in order to run for the presidency in 2010, and was succeeded by the current governor Geraldo Alckmin.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}
He served as acting National President and National Vice President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. He replaced senator Aécio Neves, who was the candidate of the party in the 2014 race for the presidency.{{cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/nacional,goldman-coordenara-campanha-de-aecio-em-sao-paulo,1157679,0.htm|title=Goldman coordenará campanha de Aécio em São Paulo|publisher=Estadão|language=Portuguese|accessdate=12 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/06/em-convencao-psdb-confirma-candidatura-de-aecio-neves.html|title=Em convenção, PSDB confirma candidatura de Aécio Neves|publisher=G1|language=pt|first=Amanda|last=Previdelli|date=14 June 2014|accessdate=30 November 2017}}
After complications caused by surgery to treat heart disease, Goldman died on 1 September 2019 in Sírio Libanês Hospital, in São Paulo.{{cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/09/01/morre-o-ex-governador-de-sp-alberto-goldman.htm|title=Morre o ex-governador de SP Alberto Goldman|publisher=Uol|language=pt|first1=Wellington|last1=Ramalhoso|first2=Ana Carla|last2=Bermúdez|date=1 September 2019|accessdate=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901175937/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/09/01/morre-o-ex-governador-de-sp-alberto-goldman.htm|archive-date=1 September 2019|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Governors of São Paulo (state)
Category:Vice governors of São Paulo (state)
Category:University of São Paulo alumni
Category:Government ministers of Brazil
Category:People from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian Communist Party politicians
Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Category:Jewish Brazilian politicians
Category:Brazilian people of Polish-Jewish descent
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo