Gilberto Kassab

Gilberto Kassab
Kassab in 2023
State Secretary of Government of São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2023
Governor	Tarcísio de Freitas
Preceded by	Marcos Penido
Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications
In office 12 May 2016 – 31 December 2018
President	Michel Temer
Preceded by	Celso Pansera
Succeeded by	Marcos Pontes
Minister of Cities
In office 1 January 2015 – 15 April 2016
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Gilberto Occhi
Succeeded by	Inês da Silva Magalhães
Mayor of São Paulo
In office 31 March 2006 – 31 December 2012
Vice Mayor	Vacant (2006–2008) Alda Marco Antônio (2008)
Preceded by	José Serra
Succeeded by	Fernando Haddad
Vice Mayor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 2005 – 31 March 2006
Mayor	José Serra
Preceded by	Hélio Bicudo
Succeeded by	Alda Marco Antônio
Member of Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 December 2004
Constituency	São Paulo
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office 15 March 1995 – 1 February 1999
Constituency	At-large
Councillor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 1993 – 15 March 1995
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-12) 12 August 1960 (age 65) São Paulo, Brazil
Party	PSD (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	PL (1989–95) PFL (1995–2007) DEM (2007–11)
Alma mater	University of São Paulo University of Brasília
Website	gilbertokassab.com.br
Nicknames	Chefe Turco ("Turkish boss") Kibbeh

Gilberto Kassab (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒiwˈbɛʁtu kaˈsab(i)]; born 12 August 1960) is a Brazilian politician and former mayor of São Paulo. His term ended in 2012. A civil engineer and economist, one of the most famous Brazilians of Lebanese descent, Kassab took over from José Serra, after Serra decided to run for governor of São Paulo.[1]

He belongs to the Syrian community of São Paulo, and is a member of the Partido Social Democrático (PSD). He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.[citation needed]

• 1993–1994: Councillor of São Paulo
• 1995–1999: State Deputy of São Paulo
• 1999–2004: Federal Deputy (resigned to run as vice mayor of São Paulo alongside José Serra)
• 2005–2006: Vice Mayor of São Paulo
• 2006–2013: Mayor of São Paulo (re-elected on 26 Oct 2008 for a four-year term)[1]

The advertising industry criticized the city of São Paulo administration for the Cidade Limpa law, which prohibits all forms of external media and visual pollution such as billboards. Ad companies tried to keep the billboards in the streets with injunctions, but the supreme court determined the law to be constitutional. At any rate, support for the initiative from the public continues to be widespread.

Kassab appeared in Morgan Spurlock's 2011 documentary The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.

In July 2021, Kassab announced that he would support Rodrigo Pacheco in the 2022 presidential election.[2]

The biggest implicated company, Odebrecht kept an entire department to coordinate the payment of bribes to politicians. In Operation Car Wash, officers seized several electronic spreadsheets linking the payments to nicknames. Every corrupt politician received a nickname based on physical characteristics, public trajectory, personal infos, owned cars/boats, origin place or generic preferences. Gilberto Kassab's nickname was 'Chefe Turco' and 'Kibe', the Portuguese translation of 'Turkish Boss' and 'Kibbeh', respectively, alluding to his Middle Eastern ancestry.[3]

• Official page (Portuguese)
• BBC News article about Cidade Limpa
• Folha de S.Paulo first page with a before-after picture (Portuguese)
• CityMayors profile (much incorrect information)

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