Gerson Camata (June 29, 1941 – December 26, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and politician.
Camata served in Federal Senate for three terms from 1987 until 2011.
He was also the first person directly elected Governor of Espírito Santo, an office he held from 1983 to 1986, following the restoration of democracy in the 1980s.On December 26, 2018, Camata was shot and killed outside a restaurant in the upscale Praia do Canto neighborhood of Vitória, Espírito Santo by his former aide.