What is Paulo Garcia?
[[File:Paulo Garcia cropped.JPG|thumb|150px|Garcia during the meeting with President [[Dilma Rousseff]] in 2012]] '''Paulo de Siqueira Garcia''' (13 May 1959 &ndash; 30 July 2017) was a Brazilian [[physician]] and [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]]. He was the mayor of [[Goiânia]] from 1 April 2010, when then-mayor Iris Rezende resigned in order to run for Governor at the [[Goiás gubernatorial election, 2010|2010 election]] until 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Pimentel, Venceslau|date=2 April 2010|title=Iris passa cargo a Garcia e nega revanchismo|url=http://www.ohoje.com.br/politica/02-04-2010-iris-passa-cargo-a-garcia-e-nega-revanchismo/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407231059/http://www.ohoje.com.br/politica/02-04-2010-iris-passa-cargo-a-garcia-e-nega-revanchismo/|archive-date=7 April 2010|access-date=2010-04-14|publisher=O Hoje|language=pt}}</ref> He was born in [[Goiânia]], [[Goiás]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prefeituragoiania.stiloweb.com.br/site/equipedogoverno_listagem.php?tla=2&cod=2|title=Prefeito- Paulo Garcia|author=Portal da Prefeitura de Goiânia|language=pt|access-date=12 September 2010|archive-date=3 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803051100/http://www.prefeituragoiania.stiloweb.com.br/site/equipedogoverno_listagem.php?tla=2&cod=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 30 July 2017, Garcia died of a [[heart attack]] at his home in Goiânia, aged 58.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/goias/noticia/ex-prefeito-paulo-garcia-morre-apos-infarto-em-goiania.ghtml|title=Ex-prefeito Paulo Garcia morre aos 58 anos após infarto, em Goiânia|work=G1|access-date=2017-07-30|language=pt-BR}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Paulo}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians]] [[Category:Brazilian mayors]] [[Category:People from Goiânia]] [[Category:Politicians from Goiás]] [[Category:Brazilian physicians]] {{bio-stub}}