Biography

Mário Covas was born on April 21, 1930 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He died on March 6, 2001 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Mário Covas studied engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. He entered politics in his native city of Santos, in the state of São Paulo.

In 1989, he was the PSDB presidential candidate, receiving 11% of the votes and finished in 4th place in the first round.

Mário Covas was a founder and member of PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement) and later PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party).