Celso Pitta
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Celso Pitta | |
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Mayor of São Paulo | |
In office January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2001 Suspended: May 26, 2000 – June 13, 2000 | |
Vice Mayor | Régis de Oliveira |
Preceded by | Paulo Maluf |
Succeeded by | Marta Suplicy |
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Born | PTB | September 29, 1946
Spouse | Nicéa Camargo (divorced) |
Occupation | Economist |
Celso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento (Portuguese: [ˈsɛwsu ˈpitɐ]; 1946–2009) was a Brazilian economist and politician. He had a Bachelor in Economics by Fluminense Federal University, master in Economics by University of Leeds and specialist in Advanced Administration by Harvard University.
Mayor
Pitta was the second
The biggest corruption scandal which involved Pitta's administration was called, the “Escândalo dos Precatórios” and concerned the issue of municipal-guaranteed bonds (precatórios in Portuguese) to pay off debts resulting from judgments of claims against the city. At that time, the issue of municipal bonds for any other purpose had already been forbidden. To get around the budget limits, false precatórios were created so that bonds could be issued to get money to pay a variety of expenses.
Later life
Illegal financial operations made by Pitta were intercepted by the Federal Police during an Operation called Satiagraha, on 8 July 2008, leading to others' and the former mayor's arrest. The Satiagraha's Operation caught the former mayor illegal negotiations, between them, another precatóro’s negotiation with the liquid value of 92 million reais, more than US$170 million, at that time.
Celso Pitta was indicted for money laundering and fraud, having already been convicted on two charges related to the precatórios, before his arrest during the Satiagraha Operation.
In November 2009, he died from colorectal cancer at the Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Morre em São Paulo o ex-prefeito Celso Pitta". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-11-21.