Franco Montoro

{{Short description|Brazilian politician and lawyer}}

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| office = Governor of São Paulo

| term_start = 15 March 1983

| term_end = 15 March 1987

| lieutenant = Orestes Quércia

| predecessor = José Maria Marin

| successor = Orestes Quércia

| office1 = Minister of Labour and Social Security

| term_start1 = 8 September 1961

| term_end1 = 12 July 1962

| president1 = João Goulart

| predecessor1 = Segadas Viana

| successor1 = Almino Afonso

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| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start1 = 1 February 1995

| term_end1 = 16 July 1999

| constituency1 = São Paulo

| term_start2 = 12 July 1962

| term_end2 = 1 February 1967

| constituency2 = São Paulo

| term_start3 = 2 February 1959

| term_end3 = 8 September 1961

| constituency3 = São Paulo

| office4 = Senator for São Paulo

| term_start4 = 1 February 1971

| term_end4 = 15 March 1983

| predecessor4 = Auro de Moura Andrade

| successor4 = Fernando Henrique Cardoso

| office5 = State Deputy of São Paulo

| term_start5 = 1 August 1946

| term_end5 = 23 September 1950

| constituency5 = São Paulo

| term_start6 = 1 August 1941

| term_end6 = 16 July 1945

| constituency6 = São Paulo

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| office1 = National President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party

| term_start1 = 25 June 1988

| term_end1 = 1 September 1991

| predecessor1 = Office established

| successor1 = Tasso Jereissati

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|7|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|7|16|1916|7|14|df=y}}

| death_place = São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

| party = PDC (1947–1965)
MDB (1965–1980)
PMDB (1980–1988)
PSDB (1988–1999)

| spouse = Lucy Pestana Silva

| children = 7

| alma_mater = University of São Paulo
Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of São Bento

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André Franco Montoro ({{IPA|pt|ɐ̃ˈdrɛ ˈfrãku mõˈtoru|lang}}; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in São Paulo as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes.{{Cite web|title=Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal FRANCO MONTORO|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/73452/biografia|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados|language=pt-br}} He was a senator and governor of São Paulo, winning against São Paulo mayor Reynaldo de Barros in the latter. He was a member of several parties, such as PDC, MDB, PMDB and one of the founders of PSDB. He was also a law philosopher and a professor at PUC-SP, who wrote several law books.{{Cite web|title=Franco Montoro e a Ciência|url=https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/franco-montoro-e-a-ciencia/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=revistapesquisa.fapesp.br|language=pt-br}}

Montoro is credited as being one of the key figures in the Diretas Já movement, along with Tancredo Neves and Ulysses Guimarães, which helped to bring about the return of direct elections to Brazil.

The São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport is named after him.