[3] Two years later, the young man moved to the city of São Paulo, where he completed fundamental studies before starting a law degree.

It was there that he had contact with José Fragelli, who would become governor of Mato Grosso, and fellow countryman Jânio Quadros, who was elected the most president of Brazil.

During the administration of the then mayor of Campo Grande, Fernando Corrêa da Costa, he was the general secretary of the city hall.

[9] In his first term in the Chamber of Deputies, he was a member of four Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry (CPIs) and traveled on an official mission to Japan.

In his second term, he was deputy leader of the MDB, a member of the Constitution and Justice Commission and other CPIs, in addition to making an official trip to Peru.

The mood in the Chamber and in 1968, the military government granted Institutional Act Number Five (AI-5), which led to the closure of the National Congress and the withdrawal of parliamentary mandates.

He witnessed the creation of the new state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but did not take part in the process as he was still suspended from public life.

Plinio discarded the idea, and the new Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) ended up supporting Wilson to run to succeed Pedrossian, being elected in 1982.

Early on, he faces the challenge of overcoming the imbalance of public accounts, with functional payrolls and late contracts; being forced to take out loans and renegotiate debts with the Union.

This first administration was marked by great works and easy credit with the Union, in addition to a secretariat composed of people linked to former governor Marcelo Miranda and others from Wilson's group.

In 1986, he resigned from office to run for a vacancy in the Federal Senate, which led Lieutenant Governor Tebet to the Governorship.

After the enactment of the Constitution and the reestablishment of Congress, he was a fourth-alternate member of the Senate's Board of Directors, being rapporteur for CPIs and important projects, such as Provisional Measure No.

With an administration in crisis, he had disagreements with the then governor Marcelo Miranda, which led him to join the PSDB with his political group, remaining even after requests to reconsider from the then deputy Ulysses Guimarães.

He supported the candidate Gandi Jamil, who had his daughter Celina Jallad as his vice-president, against his historic opponent Pedro Pedrossian.

In March 1995, Martins was admitted by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to the Order of Military Merit in the rank of Special Grand Officer.

He was one of the governors who pressured Congress and the federal government for administrative reform, in addition to the renegotiation of state debt.

In 1996, he signed an agreement with the Union to reduce debt payments and supported André Puccinelli in the Campo Grande municipal elections.

Still in 1997, Wilson authorized the privatization of Mato Grosso do Sul Energy Company (Enersul), with the aim of obtaining funds to pay debts with the Union.

For his succession, the then governor articulated the candidacy of then senator Lúdio Coelho, who did not obtain support from state political leaders.

[11] Wilson left office with strong rejection, without participating in the successor's inauguration ceremony and had to use police escort for a period to move around.