Gabriel Benedito Issaac Chalita (; born 30 April 1969 in Cachoeira Paulista) is a Brazilian lawyer, jurist, professor, writer and politician, member of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT).

Education

Gabriel Chalita was born in Cachoeira Paulista, in the state of São Paulo, to a parents of Lebanese and

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descent. He published his first book at the age of 12. He concluded his studies of

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

by the

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (, PUC-SP), locally known as ''PUC'' or ''Catholic University'' ('), is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo. The university is ...

(PUC-SP) in 1994, and of

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by the Salesiana College of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Lorena in 1989. In 1995, defended the thesis ''Relations of Power in Machiavelli and La Boétie'', obtaining the grade of Master in Social Science, and in 1997, with the thesis ''The Power in the

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'', obtained the grade of

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by the PUC-SP. In the same year, defended the thesis The Seduction in the Speech in Jury Courts'', obtaining the grade of Doctor in Communication and Semiotics, also by the PUC-SP. In the next year, defended the thesis ''Alternatives for the Independence of the city's Legislative Power'', which he obtained the grade of

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by the PUC-SP.

Professional life

Currently, Chalita is professor of

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, of PUC-SP, member of the Brazilian Union of Writers, of the Brazilian Academy of Education, and president of the Paulista Academy of Letters. He presented, by the Sistema Canção Nova de Comunicação, the show ''Papo Aberto'', broadcast on radio and TV. Currently, presents ''Caminhos'' in Redevida de Televisão, a Catholic TV broadcaster. Acted, since his young years, in several NGOs; among them, the ''Latin American Youth for Democracy'' (JULAD). At the age of 19, was elected City Councillor in his birth city, becoming President of the City Council of Cachoeira Paulista. Also assumed the offices of Secretary of Youth, Sports and Leisure, and, posteriorly, Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo, becoming president of the National Council of Secretaries of Education (CONSED) for two terms. In 2008, Chalita was elected City Councillor of São Paulo, becoming the most voted candidate of the city, with 102,044 votes by the coalition

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/ PHS. Having his first book published at his 12, at 15 has already created a collection focused in children in

catechesis Catechesis (; from Greek: , "instruction by word of mouth", generally "instruction") is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book. It started as education of converts to Christianity, but as the ...

. Currently has more than 80 books published, among them: ''Educação: a solução está no afeto'', ''Os Dez Mandamentos da Ética'', ''Pedagogia do Amor'', ''Cartas entre Amigos'', and ''O Pequeno Filósofo''. In

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, he was elected Federal Deputy as the second most voted candidate in the state, with 560,008 for the 54th Congress (2011–2015). In the

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, he ran for Mayor of São Paulo by the

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(PMDB), but couldn't get to the second round. In the

2014 elections * 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014 Africa * 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014 * 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014 * 2014 Comorian presidential election 21 February and 10 April 2014 * 2014 ...

, decided to not run for a new term as Federal Deputy. On 13 January 2015, Chalita was nominated by mayor

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as Secretary of Education of São Paulo, replacing César Callegari, who resigned a day before. In March 2016, he returned to the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), being appointed as candidate for Vice Mayor along with Haddad, but both were defeated in the first round.

2016 elections

In the 2016 elections, Chalita was candidate for Vice Mayor for the PDT along

, but obtained only 16.7% of the valid votes, being defeated by the

ticket composed by

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for Mayor and Bruno Covas for Vice Mayor in the first round.

2018 elections

Chalita is supposed to be candidate for Governor of São Paulo by the PDT in the 2018 elections. The president of the party, Carlos Lupi, invited him, who didn't accepted or refused his candidacy.

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* , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Chalita, Gabriel 1969 births Living people Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo alumni Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Brazilian writers Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Brazilian people of Syrian descent Brazilian jurists Brazilian educators Brazilian Roman Catholics Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from São Paulo People from Cachoeira Paulista Municipal Chamber of São Paulo councillors