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2008 São Paulo Mayoral Election
The 2008 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, with the first round taking place on 5 October and the second round taking place on 26 October 2008. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 2nd round victory for incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab of the Democrats (Brazil), Democrats (DEM), who had previously assumed office after the resignation of José Serra, who went to run for governor in the 2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election., winning 3,790,558 votes and a share of 60,72% of the popular vote, defeating Marta Suplicy, of the Workers' Party (Brazil), Worker's Party (PT), who took 2,452,527 votes and a share of 39,28% of the popular vote. Candidates Candidates in runoff Candidates failing to make runoff Results Mayor City Councillors References {{DEFAULTSORT:São Paulo mayoral election, 2008 Mayoral elections in São Paulo, 2008 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto Kassab
Gilberto Kassab (; 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. 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. Political career *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) Administration 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo (, ) is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná (state), Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is divided into List of municipalities in São Paulo, 645 municipalities. The total area is km2, which is equivalent to 2.9% of Brazil's surface, being slightly larger than the United Kingdom. Its capital is the São Paulo, municipality of São Paulo. With more than 44 million inhabitants in 2022, São Paulo is the Federative units of Brazil#List, most populous Brazilian state (around 22% of the Brazilian population), the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, world's 28th-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caixa Econômica Federal
The Caixa Econômica Federal (, ''Federal Savings Bank''), also referred to as Caixa or CEF, is a state-owned Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It is the fourth largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the fourth largest in Latin America, and the eighty-third largest bank in the world. It is also the largest 100% government-owned financial institution in Latin America. History The bank was founded by Emperor Pedro II on 12 January 1861, as ''Caixa Economica e Monte de Socorro'' in Rio de Janeiro as a financial institution destined to collect national savings, mostly from the poor. Over the years, several similar institutions were created, until most of them were merged into present-day Caixa Econômica in 1967. The 1970s were particularly lucrative for the bank, mostly due to its near-monopoly on savings for the poor and lower-middle classes, the management of Brazilian state (federal) lotteries and being the only lawful paw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of São Paulo
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Maluf
Paulo Salim Maluf (; born 3 September 1931) is a Brazilian politician with a career spanning over four decades and many functions, including those of State Governor of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mayor of the São Paulo, City of São Paulo, National Congress of Brazil, Congressman and President of Brazil, Presidential candidate. His political base is founded on populism and the provision of major public works. His career has been plagued with substantial allegations of political corruption, corruption, although he was only convicted by Brazilian Courts in 2017. He spent a few months in jail and is now under house arrest due to his poor health and advanced age. He is the president of the local branch, in the state of São Paulo, of the right-wing Progressive Party of Brazil (PP), heir to the old National Renewal Alliance (ARENA). Interpol has issued a Interpol notice, Red Notice to arrest Maluf, extradite him and try him in the United States on charges of Conspiracy (crime), c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Maluf Em Setembro De 2015
Paulo is a Portuguese masculine given name equivalent to the English name Paul. Notable people with the name include: * Paulo Jr., Brazilian bassist * Paulo Jr. (footballer), Brazilian footballer * Paulo Alho (born 1980), Portuguese race car driver * Paulo Almeida, Brazilian footballer * Paulo André Cren Benini (born 1983), Brazilian football defender * Paulo Angeles (born 1997), Filipino actor, singer and dancer * Paulo Avelino (born 1988), Filipino actor and film actor * Paulo de Carvalho (born 1947), Portuguese singer-songwriter and actor * Paulo Coelho (born 1947), Brazilian lyricist and novelist * Paulo Dybala (born 1993), Argentine professional footballer also called "La Joya" * Paulo Fernando Craveiro, Brazilian author * Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian educator and philosopher * Paulo R. Holvorcem, Brazilian amateur astronomer, a prolific discoverer of asteroids * Paulo Jorge (other), several people * Paulo Kanoa (1802–1885), Governor of Kauaʻi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressistas
Progressistas (; PP) is a centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party, it emerged from parties that were successors to National Renewal Alliance, ARENA, the ruling party of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, Brazilian military dictatorship. A Pragmatism, pragmatist party, it supported the governments of presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro. Largely it was the party of the politics of Paulo Maluf, a former governor and mayor of São Paulo. Of all political parties, in corruption investigation Operation Car Wash, the Progressistas had the most convictions. The party in recent years had fully embraced the right. In the 2018 Brazilian general election, the party supported the Geraldo Alckmin 2018 presidential campaign, candidacy of Geraldo Alckmin. After the election, although they remained neutral in the second round, the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Chamber Of São Paulo
The Municipal Chamber of São Paulo is the unicameral legislative body of the city of São Paulo, it was created in 1560 by the Governor General Mem de Sá and is one of the oldest in Brazil. Note References External links * Municipal chambers in Brazil Organisations based in São Paulo Politics of São Paulo {{Brazil-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of São Paulo
The Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo () is the unicameral legislative branch of São Paulo state in Brazil. The building where the legislative assembly is located, right by the main park of the city, also houses one of six Poupatempo units in the city. Presidents * Valentim Gentil - 1947 to 1948 * José Milliet Filho - 1948 * Francisco Álvares Florence - 1948 * Lincoln Feliciano da Silva - 1948 to 1949 * Brasílio Augusto Machado de Oliveira Neto - 1949 to 1951 * Diógenes Augusto Ribeiro de Lima - 1951 to 1952 * Asdrúbal Euritysses da Silva - 1952 to 1953 * Victor Maida - 1953 to 1954 * Vicente de Paula Lima - 1954 to 1955 * Vicente Botta - 1955 * André Franco Montoro - 1955 to 1956 * Ruy de Almeida Barbosa - 1956 to 1959 * Guilherme de Oliveira Gomes - 1959 * Francisco Franco - 1959 * Ruy de Mello Junqueira - 1959 to 1960 * Roberto Costa do Abreu Sodré - 1960 to 1963 * Cyro Albuquerque - 1963 to 1965 * Francisco Franco - 1965 to 1967 * Nelson Agostin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassab
Kassab is a surname, a variant of Qasab. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Kassab-Every (1945−2013), Dutch artist * Freddy Kassab, involved in the ''Fatal Vision'' controversy * Jibrail Kassab (born 1938), bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Australia * Gilberto Kassab (born 1960), Brazilian politician, mayor of São Paulo * May Kassab (born 1981), Egyptian singer * Nimatullah Kassab (1808−1858), Lebanese monk, scholar and saint * Théophile Georges Kassab (1945−2013), Syrian Syriac Catholic archbishop * Yumna Kassab, Australian novelist See also * Kessab, or Kassab, a town in Syria * Kasab (other) Kasab may refer to: *Kasab or Kessab, a town in Syria * Kasab, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Qassab, a Muslim community of India and Pakistan *Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani militant who was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attac ... * Qasab (other) {{surname Arabic-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Republican Party (Brazil)
The Progressive Republican Party ( Portuguese: ''Partido Republicano Progressista'', PRP) was a Brazilian political party. It became a registered political party on 22 November 1991; its electoral number was 44. On 17 December 2018, the PRP merged with Patriota Patriota (, ), abbreviated PATRI and formerly known as the National Ecological Party (, abbreviated PEN), was a right-wing to far-right political party in Brazil. It was registered in the Superior Electoral Court in the summer of 2012. The last p ..., effectively dissolving the PRP. References External links PRP 1991 establishments in Brazil Centrist parties in Brazil Political parties established in 1991 Political parties disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Brazil Political parties in Brazil Defunct political parties in Brazil {{Brazil-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Christian Party (Brazil)
The Social Christian Party (, PSC) was a Christian-conservative political party in Brazil. In the 2018 election, the party elected 2 Governors, 1 Senator, 9 Federal Deputies and 30 State Deputies. In 2022, it announced plans to merge with Podemos. The merge was approved by the Superior Electoral Court on 15 June 2023. History The party was founded in 1985, as a Christian democratic party. The party supported Fernando Collor de Mello in the presidential election of 1989, and in 1990, the party won first place in the state election for Alagoas, the home state of then-President Collor. However, from 1994, the party declined: its candidates repeatedly lost votes, surpassing only those from far-left parties, who originated from rebel wings of the Workers Party without popular support. The PSC did not elect more than 3 representatives in the three subsequent elections. Former President Jair Bolsonaro is a former member of the party. He joined the party in March 2016 to run for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
