Cláudio Lembo

Cláudio Salvador Lembo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklawdju ˈlẽbu]; born October 12, 1938 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and university professor from Neapolitan background. He was elected Vice-governor in 2002 with Governor Geraldo Alckmin. After Alckmin's resignation, to be able to run for the presidency of Brazil in the general elections of October 2006, Lembo became governor of São Paulo on March 31, 2006. His political origins are in the ARENA pro-military party of the 1970s.

Lembo is professor of constitutional law and civil law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University.