Paulo Egydio Martins

Paulo Egydio Martins (May 2, 1928 – February 12, 2021) was a Brazilian businessman and politician affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was governor of the state of São Paulo between 1975 and 1979 during Brazil's military dictatorship.

Biography Son of Paulo César Gomes Martins and Júlia Machado, Paulo graduated from the National School of Engineering at the University of Brazil (now Polytechnic School of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. He was superintendent of the Engineering Department and general manager of Byington & Cia. In 2007, Paulo launched the book Paulo Egydio conta, which was published by the Official Press of the State of São Paulo and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.

Governor of São Paulo Paulo Egydio governed the state of São Paulo between 1975 and 1979. He was indirectly elected during Ernesto Geisel's government by the electoral college of the Legislative Assembly. At the time, he was affiliated with the National Renewal Alliance (ARENA). At the beginning of his administration, Paulo faced the epidemics of meningococcal meningitis and the first encephalitis pandemics in the state, including Greater São Paulo and the South Coast.

In the health sector, Paulo Egydio built the outpatient clinic building, the Heart Institute and the Children's Institute at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine Teaching Hospital, as well as 67 research laboratories. He built the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo and the Ribeirão Preto Teaching Hospital, and inaugurated the São Paulo State University (UNESP). He renovated the São Carlos bus station and the highway linking Rodovia Dutra to Campos do Jordão, and built the Claudio Santoro Auditorium in Campos do Jordão.