Marco Aurélio Garcia (22 June 1941 – 20 July 2017) was a Brazilian politician, as a member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores).

[1] Marco Aurélio Garcia studied at Júlio de Castilhos High School (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), where he was active in the left student movement.

After the amnesty law was approved, he returned to Brazil and was among the principal leaders who created the Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT).

The "São Paulo Forum" continues to meet periodically at various Latin American venues, most recently in Caracas, Venezuela in 2019.

Garcia participated in developing Brazil's foreign strategy of diversifying partners post-Cold War, as well as strengthening ties with Latin American, African and Middle Eastern countries.