Harry Amorim Costa (23 May 1927 – 19 August 1988) was the first Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul, when the state was created during the government of President Ernesto Geisel.
In 1974 he became Director General of DNOS, having previously held several successful managerial positions in the field of public works and sanitation.
On March 28, 1978, the President of Brazil, Ernesto Geisel (1974–1979) appointed Harry Amorim Costa as the first governor of the newly created state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Appointed by a decree signed by President Geisel on March 31, he left the post of Director General of DNOS the following May and was sworn in for a four-year term on January 1, 1979.
In Campo Grande there is a monument in the Parque das Nações Indígenas, a bronze bust was made, a municipal school and a district are named after him.