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.

Operation Car Wash

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.

Electoral history +ElectionPartyOfficeCoalitionRunning mateFirst roundSecond roundResultVotes%Votes%1992 São Paulo municipal electionPLCity councillorBoa Sorte Sçao Paulo (PDS, PTB, PL)13,4410.25 (#37)1994 São Paulo state electionState deputySão Paulo de Todos Nós (PMDB, PL, PSD) 36,3060.34 (#44)1998 São Paulo state electionPFLFederal deputyViva São Paulo (PPB, PFL, PL, PSL, PST, PRN)92,8660.59 (#37)2002 São Paulo state electionFederal deputySão Paulo em Boas Mãos (PSDB, PFL, PSD)234,5091.19 (#9)2004 São Paulo municipal electionVice-mayor Ética e Trabalho (PSDB, PFL, PPS)José Serra (PSDB)2,686,39643.56 (#1)3,330,17954.86 (#1)2008 São Paulo municipal electionDEMMayor São Paulo no Rumo Certo (DEM, PMDB, PR, PRP, PV, PSC)Alda Marco Antônio (PMDB)2,140,42333.61 (#1)3,790,55860.72 (#1)2014 São Paulo state electionPSDSenator São Paulo quer o Melhor (PMDB, PDT, PSD, PP, PROS)1,128,5825.89 (#3)