Bruno Covas

Bruno Covas Lopes (7 April 1980 – 16 May 2021) was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 until his death in 2021.

Covas was the grandson of former São Paulo state governor Mário Covas. Before becoming mayor, Bruno Covas had served as national president of PSDB Youth and São Paulo state secretary for the environment. In October 2016, Covas was elected deputy mayor of São Paulo, as the running mate of PSDB mayoral candidate João Doria. In early April 2018, Covas took office as mayor after João Doria resigned to run for the state governorship in the 2018 general elections.

Covas was diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer in October 2019, in the form of an adenocarcinoma, but continued to serve as mayor while receiving chemotherapy. In November 2020, his disease had stabilised, and Covas was elected as mayor, beating Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) candidate Guilherme Boulos. In May 2021, Covas was admitted to Hospital Sírio-Libanês after his cancer had spread to his liver and bones, and he requested an administrative leave of office for 30 days. He died on 16 May 2021, becoming the first mayor of São Paulo to die in office.