[6][7][8] Born in Tanabi, he left the position of deputy to head the Municipal Secretariat for Modernization, Management and Debureaucratization of the City Hall of São Paulo, from 2008 to 2010.

[9] In April 2010, he returned to the Legislative Assembly to continue his work as a state deputy for the Democrats.

[10] He was national vice president of DEM and secretary general of the party in the State of São Paulo.

Afterwards, on March 19, 2015, he resigned from the position to assume the Secretary of State for Housing in the new government of Geraldo Alckmin.

[16] As Secretary of Government, Rodrigo Garcia coordinates all the strategic actions of the state: vaccines, concessions, public investments, public-private partnerships and all the major management programs of the other secretariats.