Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães Neto, commonly known as ACM Neto, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, as well as the current mayor of Salvador. He is the grandson of deceased Senator Antônio Carlos Magalhães, nephew of Luís Eduardo Magalhães and son of Antônio Carlos Magalhães Júnior, and political inheritor of one of the most traditional political families of the country. He was elected mayor of Salvador in 2012 and reelected in 2016. He is a descendant of Lebanese by his grandmother Arlette Maron, being her family one of the first Lebanese families to establish themselves in the south of Bahia, more precisely in the city of Itabuna.
Occupations and political offices
Main offices and occupations in the political sphere:
Graduated in Law by the Federal University of Bahia, since a very young age involved into politics, even being First Vice President of the student body of Colégio Módulo, where he concluded high school. Followed the political campaigns of his grandfather, Antônio Carlos Magalhães, and his uncle, Luís Eduardo Magalhães.
In 2002, he was elected federal deputy, being the most voted candidate in the state by the PFL ; took office from 2003 to 2007. In this period, he was in evidence in the media because of his participation in the Inquiry Mixed Parliamentary Committee of the Correios.
Was reelected deputy in 2006.
Candidate for mayor of Salvador in 2008, didn't make it through the second round. With 99% of the votes counted, he got 26% against 30% of his opponents. In the second round, he supported João Henrique Carneiro.
In 2009, as "corregidor" of the Chamber of Deputies and member of the Ethic and Parliamentary Decorum Council, he asked for the repeal of the term of Edmar Moreira, accused of using indemnity funds of the Chamber in benefit of his own companies. ACM Neto didn't vote for the repeal in the Council because he was the accuser, but his substitute, Roberto Magalhães, voted for the repeal. ACM Neto criticized the decision of the Council to acquit the deputy.
In 2010, he was reelected as federal deputy, being the most voted in Bahia and the 8th most voted in Brazil.
In 2011, he defended the proposal of the raising of the minimum wage to R$ 560.00. In the same year, he was nominated the 6th most influent parliamentary in the Congress.
In 2012, he was elected Mayor of Salvador in the second round, with 53% of the votes, against 46% of his opponent, Nelson Pelegrino.
In 2016, he was reelected Mayor of Salvador in the first round with 75% of the votes, against 15% of his opponent, Alice Portugal.
Attack
In 17 December 2006 in Salvador, ACM Neto was stabbed in his back by the pensioner Rita de Cássia Sampaio de Souza. After that, he was admitted to Bahia Hospital. His aggressor was arrested and indicted for attempted murder.
Airline tickets scandal
He was "corregidor" of the Federal Chamber in 2009 when the airline tickets scandal blew up. Said to the column Painel of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo that " thought the press wanted to shut down the Congress" and that he could have used airline tickets bought with the Chamber funds to travel with his wife to Paris.
Mayor of Salvador
In 28 October 2012, the then deputy is elected Mayor of Salvador, defeating Nelson Pelegrino in the second round. In the voting, ACM Neto overcame his adversary with more than 53% of the valid votes. According to poll organization Vox Populi, ACM Neto was considered twice in a row the best rated mayor in Brazil, with approval of 61% of Salvador, which gave him strength to run for a second term in 2016 and a possible term for governor or senator in 2018. In 2015, the good performance was repeated and overcame. According to Instituto Paraná, Neto has 84.7% of approval between the population of Salvador.
