| Fausto Pinato | |
| Office: | Federal Deputy for São Paulo |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2015 |
| Office1: | Chair of Chamber Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development Committee |
| Term Start1: | 13 March 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Afonso Hamm |
| Birth Name: | Fausto Ruy Pinato |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Fernandópolis, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Party: | PP (2016–present) |
| Otherparty: | PRB (2013–2016) |
Fausto Ruy Pinato (born 1 June 1977) is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has dedicated his political career representing São Paulo and has served as a federal deputy representative since 2015.[1]
He was a lawyer before entering politics. His brother, Gustavo Pinato, is a member of the São Paulo State Senate, serving as a councilman representing Fernandópolis.[2] He is affiliated with the Christian Congregation in Brazil and is a musician in the church.[3]
Pinato was elected as a federal deputy of São Paulo in 2014, with the endorsement of his predecessor Celso Russomanno as the candidate for the Brazil Republican party.[4] Pinato was investigated during Operation Car Wash for allegedly taking R$ 117 thousand in bribes from Brazilian company Queiroz Galvão during his election campaign.[2] Pinato was initially part of an ethics committee investigation into Eduardo Cunha, but he resigned early on due to switching his party allegiance from the PRB to the PP.[2]
Pinato voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[5] He would later vote in against opening a corruption investigation against Rousseff's successor Michel Temer, and voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms.[6]