Fernando Mac Dowell

Fernando Mac Dowell
Fernando Mac Dowell
	Rio de Janeiro
	In office; 1 January 2017 – 20 May 2018
Mayor	Marcelo Crivella
Preceded by	Adilson Pires
Succeeded by	Nilton Caldeira
Personal details
Born	Fernando Luiz Cumplido Mac Dowell da Costa; 7 July 1945; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	20 May 2018 (aged 72); Hospital Vitória, Barra da Tijuca, Brazil
Political party	PR (2010–18)
Profession	Engineer

Fernando Luiz Cumplido Mac Dowell da Costa^[1] (July 7, 1945 – May 20, 2018) was a Brazilian engineer and politician. He worked for several governments in Brazil and was an advocate of established urbanism in Rio de Janeiro. He criticized the transport system of Rio de Janeiro during the government of Sérgio Cabral.

Career

Mac Dowell worked at GEIPOT, a transportion company created in 1965 by the military regime. He graduated with a degree in engineering from the

University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in 1969, becoming a professor there. In the 1980s, he was director of the Carioca subway as the first line began running during the term of governor Chagas Freitas. He was president of Emop during the government of Moreira Franco and was considered a candidate for Moreira's succession, but he affirmed having broken with the latter because the government tried to inaugurate the Viaduto do Joa.^{[clarification needed}

]

From 1991 to 1994, he participated in the second government of

subway system. During this time, he participated in the construction of the Red Line. Recognized^{[by whom?}

] as one of the greatest experts in the area in the country, he made several criticisms of Brazil's subway systems, saying in 2009 that "metro in Brazil only exists in São Paulo, Rio and Distrito Federal." He made several critiques of the expansion of the subway during the government of Sérgio Cabral; in 2015, the subway visited "ghost stations" that had been ready since the 1980s but were never inaugurated.

Mac Dowell joined the

Liberal Party (PL) in the 2010s and was elected vice mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the 2016 elections, on the ballot of Marcelo Crivella

.

Death

Mac Dowell died of a heart attack and complications resulting from an extensive acute myocardial infarction [2]on May 20, 2018 at age 72. The mayor of Rio de Janeiro decreed an official mourning period of three days after his death.^[3] An important highway in Rio de Janeiro city was renamed after him, the Lagoa–Barra Highway as Engenheiro Fernando Mac Dowell Highway^[4] ("engenheiro" being the Portuguese word for "engineer").

References

^ "MAC DOWELL (PR): Candidato a VICE-PREFEITO, número 10, eleições 2016". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). May 23, 2018. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018.
^ "Morre aos 72 anos o vice-prefeito do Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Mac Dowell". extra.globo.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
^ Morre o vice-prefeito do Rio, Fernando Mac Dowell (in Portuguese)
^ "Lagoa-Barra agora se chama Autoestrada Engenheiro Fernando Mac Dowell". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-05-25.

Political offices
Preceded by Adilson Pires	Vice Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 2017–2018	Vacant Title next held by Nilton Caldeira

[1] "MAC DOWELL (PR): Candidato a VICE-PREFEITO, número 10, eleições 2016". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). May 23, 2018. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018.

[2] "Morre aos 72 anos o vice-prefeito do Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Mac Dowell". extra.globo.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.

[3] Morre o vice-prefeito do Rio, Fernando Mac Dowell (in Portuguese)

[4] "Lagoa-Barra agora se chama Autoestrada Engenheiro Fernando Mac Dowell". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-05-25.

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