Gerson Camata

[1] On December 26, 2018, Camata was shot and killed outside a restaurant in the upscale Praia do Canto [pt] neighborhood of Vitória, Espírito Santo by his former aide.

[1] In 1967, Camata began his political career as a Vitória city alderman for the National Renewal Alliance (ARENA), the party of the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil at the time.

[1] During his final term, Camata simultaneously served as the state Secretary of Development, Infrastructure and Transport under Governor Paulo Hartung, beginning in May 2006.

[1] On December 26, 2018, Camata was shot and killed by a former aide in the Praia do Canto [pt] neighborhood of Vitória, Espírito Santo.

[1] Police captured the assailant, Marcos Vinícius Moreira Andrade, a former aide to Camata, just minutes after the attack.