Celso Russomanno

Celso Ubirajara Russomanno (born 20 August 1956 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian reporter specialized in consumer defense and politician. Also, is Bachelor of Laws in the Law School of Guarulhos. Became famous in the beginning of the 90's as part of the popular journalistic TV show Aqui Agora, aired between 1991 and 1997 on SBT, where he mediated consumers' complaints who felt injured by companies from many sector. He is author of two books and speaker about the Consumer Defense theme. He ran for Federal Deputy in the 1994 election, being the most voted candidate in that year. Russomanno is president of the National Institute of Consumer Defense. The deputy also was on the TV broadcaster Rede Record in the TV programs Hoje em Dia, Cidade Alerta, and Programa da Tarde, which he presented the Patrulha do Consumidor (Consumers' Patrol), in the same format of the SBT program. In 2014, Russomanno became the most voted candidate for Federal Deputy in the country, having the second highest voting in the history with 1,524,286 votes, losing to Enéas Carneiro in 2002. He was candidate for Mayor of Santo André in 2000 and Mayor of São Paulo in 2012 and 2016, being defeated in the first round. Despite being a long time member of the Brazilian Republican party and having close links to the IURD, Russomanno declared that he is a devout Roman Catholic.