Rogério Auto Teófilo (27 April 1957 — 7 August 2020) was a Brazilian lawyer, teacher, administrator and politician. As a member of the Liberal Front Party, he was a State Deputy and later Federal Deputy for

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. He later switched to the

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(PSDB), in which he serve as mayor of

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from 2017 until his death.

Early life and education

Teófilo was born in

Maceió Maceió (), formerly anglicised as Maceio, is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil. The name "Maceió" is an Indigenous term for a Spring (hydrology), spring. Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...

, Brazil on 27 April 1957. He graduated from the law course at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) in 1983. Previously, he graduated from Centro Universitário Cesmac in 1981 with a degree in administration. He joined the psychology course at the Psychology Institute of Maceió, an institute linked to UFAL, but abandoned it.

Political career

In 1991, Teófilo was elected state deputy for Alagoas for the first time by the Liberal Front Party (PFL). He was re-elected to the position twice, in 1994 and 1998. In 2002, he was elected Federal Deputy for Alagoas with 64,899 votes. In the 2006 elections, he was reelected a vote of 57,651 votes. In 2012, switching to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Teófilo ran for mayor of Arapiraca where he won 40,363 votes, but was lost to Célia Rocha ( PTB). In 2016, he ran again for the position, where he defeated Ricardo Nezinho ( PMDB) by a difference of just 259 votes. He remained in the position of mayor of Arapiraca until his death, which was later held by his deputy, Fabiana Pessoa ( Republicans).

Death

In 2020, Teófilo was admitted to a private hospital in Maceió. He had a flu-like illness, which progressed to pneumonia, where he died on 7 August with suspected

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References

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