José Ivo Sartori

José Ivo Sartori
38th Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2019
Vice Governor	José Paulo Cairoli
Preceded by	Tarso Genro
Succeeded by	Eduardo Leite
Other positions 36th Mayor of Caxias do Sul In office 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2013 Preceded by Pepe Vargas Succeeded by Alceu Barbosa Velho Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul In office 1 February 2003 – 1 January 2005 President of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul In office 31 January 1998 – 31 January 1999 Governor Antônio Britto Preceded by João Luiz Vargas Succeeded by Paulo Odone Ribeiro State Deputy of Rio Grande do Sul In office 1 February 1983 – 1 February 2003
Personal details
Born	(1948-02-25) 25 February 1948 Farroupilha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political party	MDB

José Ivo Sartori (born 25 February 1948) is a Brazilian politician. He is a former city councilor and former mayor of Caxias do Sul and belongs to PMDB. He is married to Maria Helena Sartori, with whom he has two sons, Marcos and Carolina. He was the 38th Governor of Rio Grande do Sul from 2015 to 2019.

Biography

Sartori graduated in Philosophy at the University of Caxias do Sul. He began his political career in 1976 when he was elected alderman in Caxias do Sul. He won five consecutive terms for the state's Legislative Assembly from 1982 and was elected congressman in 2002. He was also state secretary of Labor and Social Welfare, between 1987 and 1988.

Sartori ran four times for mayor of Caxias do Sul, in 1992, 2000 and 2004, when he was elected with 52.43% in the second round.

In 2008, Sartori was reelected mayor of Caxias do Sul with 54.35% of the votes against 45.65% of the defeated candidate, former Mayor Pepe Vargas (PT).

As Mayor of Caxias do Sul, he acted strongly in the areas of health, traffic and safety, promoting buildings and Basic Health Units reforms, putting patrolling the streets, turning Caxias do Sul in the first city in Brazil to use the automated waste collection opening roads to relieve the traffic, among other measures.