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Gilberto Kassab (born August 12, 1960 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician, current mayor of São Paulo. His term ends in 2008. A civil engineer and economist, of Syrian and Italian descent, Kassab took over from José Serra, after Serra decided to run for governor of São Paulo. He is from the Democrats (DEM).

Political career

1993-1994: São Paulo City councilman
1995-1998: São Paulo State deputy
1998-2004: Congressman (resigned to run as vice-mayor of São Paulo alongside José Serra)
2006 – ~ : São Paulo Mayor

Projects

With an administration centered on health, education and the control of pollution, Mr. Kassab has been heavily criticized by the advertising industry for his Cidade Limpa law, which prohibits all forms of external media and visual pollution such as billboards. The law, however, is supported by the great majority of the São Paulo population. Ad companies tried to keep the billboards in the streets with blocking injunctions, though the supreme court determined the law to be constitutional. In the education area, Mr. Kassab is focusing on building and remodeling damaged schools. Since the mid-90s the city had many temporary schools made of adapted shipping containers, which were only replaced in 2007. In the health area the focus is to end the poor quality of public service and long waiting lines by building basic health units to triage the non-emergency cases (that are treated in small public clinics) from emergency treatment (that are treated in hospitals), increasing the number of people receiving treatment while reducing lines.

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