Carlos Humberto Manato (born 7 August 1957) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attracti ...

, having served as federal deputy representative from 2001 to 2019.

Personal life

Manato is the son of Hélio José Mannato and Thereza Buteri Mannato, and is married to Soraya de Souza Mannato. Manato is a member of the

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church .

Political career

Manato voted in favor of the

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motion of then-president

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. Manato voted in favor of tax reforms but against the 2017 Brazilian labor reform, and would vote in favor of opening a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor

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. There was some controversy over the funding Manato and several other elected deputies had received from the Maranata church, in exchange with the government not investigating the church's financial activities. In 2018 Manato joined the Social Liberal Party and allied himself with then presidential candidate

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. The same year Manato contested the Espírito Santo gubernatorial election, where he came in third with 525,973 votes or 27.26% of the valid ballots.

References

1957 births Living people People from Alegre, Espírito Santo Brazilian Pentecostals Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Solidariedade politicians Social Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Espírito Santo {{Brazil-Deputy-stub