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	Alda Marco Antônio
Preceded by	José Serra
Succeeded by	Fernando Haddad
Vice Mayor of São Paulo
In office 1 January 2005 – 31 March 2006
Mayor	Hélio Bicudo
Preceded by	José Serra
Succeeded by	Alda Marco Antônio
Federal Deputy
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 December 2004
Constituency	São Paulo
State Deputy
In office 15 March 1995 – 1 February 1999
Constituency	São Paulo
Councillor
In office 1 January 1993 – 15 March 1995
Constituency	São Paulo
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-12) 12 August 1960 (age 63) São Paulo, Brazil
Political 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 Syrian 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]}