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Alckmin is expected to leave office in April to run for president.

The governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, of the PSDB party, said he will leave the São Paulo government in the first week of April 2018 to run for President of the Republic; "I was already a presidential candidate in 2006. I am much better prepared now," he stated.

Governor Geraldo Alckmin during a press conference at the OECD in Paris after the presentation of the city of São Paulo to host Expo 2020. DATE: 06/12/2013 LOCATION: Paris/France PHOTO: MASTRANGELO REINO/A2 FOTOGRAFIA (Photo: Leonardo Attuch)

SP 247 – The governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, from the PSDB party, said he will leave the São Paulo state government in the first week of April 2018 to run for President of the Republic.

"I was already a presidential candidate in 2006. I'm much better prepared now," he stated.

He also said that Brazil has "a huge possibility of resuming growth" and stated that there is no chance of leaving in January, as had been speculated.