Francisco Dornelles

Francisco Dornelles
Dornelles in 2014
Acting Governor of Rio de Janeiro
In office
29 November 2018 – 31 December 2018
Preceded byLuiz Fernando Pezão
Succeeded byWilson Witzel
In office
28 March 2016 – 31 October 2016
Preceded byLuiz Fernando Pezão
Succeeded byLuiz Fernando Pezão
Lieutenant Governor of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2018
GovernorLuiz Fernando Pezão
Preceded byLuiz Fernando Pezão
Succeeded byCláudio Castro
Senator for Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2007 – 1 January 2015
Preceded bySaturnino Braga
Succeeded byRomário
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
3 April 2002 – 1 February 2007
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
31 March 1998 – 1 January 1999
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 1987 – 7 May 1996
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
Minister of Labor
In office
1 January 1999 – 8 April 2002
PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byEdward Amadeo
Succeeded byPaulo Jobim Filho
Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
In office
6 May 1996 – 30 March 1998
PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byDorothea Werneck
Succeeded byJosé Botafogo Gonçalves
Minister of Finance
In office
15 March 1985 – 26 August 1985
PresidentJosé Sarney
Preceded byCarlos Viacava
Succeeded byDilson Funaro
Personal details
Born(1935-01-07)7 January 1935
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died23 August 2023(2023-08-23) (aged 88)
Political partyPP (2003–2023)
Other political
affiliations
  • PTB (1959–1964)
  • ARENA (1972–1980)
  • PDS (1980–1984; 1993)
  • PMDB (1984–1986)
  • PFL (1986–1993)
  • PPR (1993–1995)
  • PPB (1995–2003)
SpouseCecília Andrade
Children
  • Mariana
  • Luciana
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro (LLB)
Harvard University (BEc)
ProfessionEconomist

Francisco Dornelles (7 January 1935 – 23 August 2023) was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician. He was the lieutenant governor of Rio de Janeiro from 2015 to 2019 and was the interim Governor during March and October 2016 following the illness of governor Luiz Fernando Pezão. He represented Rio de Janeiro in the Federal Senate from 2007 to 2015, until he resigned from the post to take office as lieutenant governor. Previously, he served as a deputy from Rio de Janeiro and several positions in presidents José Sarney and Fernando Henrique Cardoso's cabinets from 1987 to 2007. He was a member of the Progressistas.[1]

Dornelles assumed office as acting governor twice: on 28 March 2016, when Governor Pezão left office to treat a lymphoma,[2] and on 29 November 2018, when the Governor was arrested by the Federal Police in a new phase of Operation Car Wash.[3][4]

Francisco Dornelles died on 23 August 2023, at the age of 88.[5]

  1. ^ "Senador Francisco Dornelles". Federal Senate. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Licenciado, Pezão diz que manterá "rotina diária de trabalho"" (in Portuguese). GaúchaZH. March 28, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Lopes, Nathan; Quierati, Luciana; Lopes, Marcela (29 November 2018). "Governador do Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão é preso" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ Torres, Livia (November 29, 2018). "Francisco Dornelles assume governo do RJ imediatamente após prisão de Pezão" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  5. ^ "Morre Francisco Dornelles, ex-governador do Rio e de longa trajetória na política brasileira". O Globo. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.