José Serra is a Brazilian politician born in São Paulo on March 19th, 1942. Landmark buildings Edifício Italia (at left) and Copan (curved façade at center), in São Paulo Downtown. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Serra's role in Brazilian politics today

Serra was the presidential candidate of the incumbent PSDB party in 2002, but lost the election to now president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva. In 2004, he successfully ran for Mayor of São Paulo city, elected in the second round with 55% of the votes. History Creation The Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (Portuguese for Brazilian Social Democracy Party) is a political party in Brazil. ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born October 6, 1945) is a left-wing Brazilian politician. ...

José Serra is often considered a skilled administrator and a learned politician, however lacking charisma. He is one of the leading figures in Brazil's politics.

He was elected mayor of the city of São Paulo (the biggest and whealtiest city in Brazil, and the second biggest city in the world) on 2004, when he defeated candidate Martha Suplicy (then mayor, running for re-election). His mandate expires in December, 31, 2008. Landmark buildings Edifício Italia (at left) and Copan (curved façade at center), in São Paulo Downtown. ...

Earlier political life

In the early 60´s Serra was President of the União Nacional dos Estudantes - UNE (National student´s union). During Brazil's military regime (1964-1984) Serra had his political rights suspended and was exiled in Santiago de Chile. Satellite image of Santiago Santiago (full form Santiago de Chile) is the capital of Chile. ...

After returning to Brazil in the 80´s, Serra was elected for the brazilian House of Representatives and Senate. During gov. Franco Montoro's term in São Paulo state, Serra was appointed Secretary of Economics and Planning. São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ...

Later, as federal Minister of Health, his administration was marked by substantial successes in fighting AIDS, specially ruling as legal the production and usage of drugs free of royalties, thus drastically lowering public treatment costs. His efforts were praised by the United Nations, and his tactics were adopted by a number of other developing nations. Royalty may refer to either: the royal family of a country with a monarchy the payment made to the owner of a copyright, patent, or trademark, for the use thereof This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

São Paulo 2004 mayoral race pages (http://www.citymayors.com/politics/brazil_04elections.html)