governor predecessor successor birth_place blankname nationality office party profession article_title birth_date alt term_start namedata image spouse term_end name
sérgio cabral sérgio cabral luiz paulo conde arthur henrique tutuca francisco dornelles arthur henrique tutuca piraí , rio de janeiro , brazil lieutenant brazilian 62nd rio de janeiro mayor of the city of piraí governor of rio de janeiro lieutenant governor of pmdb administrator , politician luiz fernando pezão
 29 march 1958 luiz fernando pezão 4 april 2014 1 january 2007 1 january 1997 francisco dornelles pezão wiki.jpg maria lúcia jardim 3 april 2014 1 january 2005 luiz fernando pezão
luiz fernando pezão

luiz fernando de souza , commonly known as luiz fernando pezão or even pezão -lrb- born 29 march 1958 -rrb- is an entrepreneur , politician and current governor of the state of rio de janeiro .
pezão has a degree in administration and became a politician in the 80s , as councillor of piraí .
he then served two times as mayor of the town .
in 2006 , pezão was chosen by sérgio cabral , then candidate to the governorship of rio de janeiro , to be his running mate .
they won the election and pezão took office as vice governor and state secretary of public works simultaneously .
he assumed the office of governor due to the resignation of sérgio cabral , that at the time had plans to run for the senate -rrb- .
pezão is a member of the brazilian democratic movement party , one of the most powerful political parties of the country .
he was reelected governor in the 2014 gubernatorial election , running against former governor anthony garotinho , and the senators lindberg farias and marcelo crivella .
