Alberto Goldman (Portuguese pronunciation: [awˈbɛɾtu ˈɡowdmã]; 12 October 1937 – 1 September 2019) was a Brazilian engineer and politician who served as Governor of São Paulo for nine months in 2010 after the resignation of José Serra.

[1] Goldman began studying engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo when he was 18.

[citation needed] After the end of the MDB in the late 1970s, he became a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).

[citation needed] He served as governor of the state of São Paulo from April 2010 to January 2011, replacing José Serra who resigned from office in order to run for the presidency in 2010, and was succeeded by the current governor Geraldo Alckmin.

[3][4] After complications caused by surgery to treat heart disease, Goldman died on 1 September 2019 in Sírio Libanês Hospital, in São Paulo.