| Rogério Teófilo | |
| Office1: | Federal Deputy for Alagoas |
| Term Start1: | 1 January 2003 |
| Term End1: | 31 January 2007 |
| Office2: | State Deputy for Alagoas |
| Term Start2: | 1 February 1991 |
| Term End2: | 1 February 2003 |
| Office3: | Mayor of Arapiraca |
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2017 |
| Term End3: | 7 August 2020 |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil |
| Death Place: | Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil |
| Party: | PSDB |
| Otherparty: | PFL |
Rogério Auto Teófilo (27 April 1957 — 7 August 2020) was a Brazilian lawyer, teacher, administrator and politician. As a member of the Liberal Front Party, he was a State Deputy and later Federal Deputy for Alagoas. He later switched to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), in which he serve as mayor of Arapiraca from 2017 until his death.
Teófilo was born in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil on 27 April 1957. He graduated from the law course at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) in 1983.[1] Previously, he graduated from Centro Universitário Cesmac in 1981 with a degree in administration. He joined the psychology course at the Psychology Institute of Maceió, an institute linked to UFAL, but abandoned it.
In 1991, Teófilo was elected state deputy for Alagoas for the first time by the Liberal Front Party (PFL). He was re-elected to the position twice, in 1994 and 1998. In 2002, he was elected Federal Deputy for Alagoas with 64,899 votes.[2] [3] In the 2006 elections, he was reelected a vote of 57,651 votes.[4]
In 2012, switching to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Teófilo ran for mayor of Arapiraca where he won 40,363 votes, but was lost to Célia Rocha (PTB).[5] In 2016, he ran again for the position, where he defeated Ricardo Nezinho (PMDB) by a difference of just 259 votes.[6] [7] [8] He remained in the position of mayor of Arapiraca until his death, which was later held by his deputy, Fabiana Pessoa (Republicans).[9]
In 2020, Teófilo was admitted to a private hospital in Maceió.[10] He had a flu-like illness, which progressed to pneumonia, where he died on 7 August with suspected COVID-19.[11]