Cid Gomes

Cid Gomes
Cid Gomes
	Official portrait, 2019
Senator for Ceará
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 February 2019
Preceded by	Eunício Oliveira
Minister of Education
	In office; 1 January 2015 – 18 March 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	José Henrique Paim
Succeeded by	Renato Janine Ribeiro
Governor of Ceará
	In office; 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2014
Vice Governor	Francisco José Pinheiro (2007–2010); Domingos Filho (2011–2014);
Preceded by	Lúcio Alcântara
Succeeded by	Camilo Santana
Mayor of Sobral
	In office; 1 January 1997 – 31 December 2004
Vice Mayor	Edilson Aragão
Preceded by	Aldenor Façanha Júnior
Succeeded by	Leônidas Cristino
Personal details
Born	27 April 1963 (age 61); Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	PSB (since 2024)
Other political; affiliations	PMDB (1983–1990); PSDB (1990–1997); PPS (1997–2005); PSB (2005–2013); PROS (2013–2015); PDT (2015–2024);
Spouse	Maria Célia Habib Moura
Children	3
Relatives	Ciro Gomes (brother)
Alma mater	Federal University of Ceará
Profession	Engineer

Cid Ferreira Gomes (born 27 April 1963) is a Brazilian politician who serves as a Senator for the state of Ceará since 2019.^[1] He is a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) since 2024, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Ciro Gomes.

Gomes is the former Governor of Ceará.^[2] During his governorship, his vice governor was Francisco José Pinheiro. On 1 January 2015 he was named Minister of Education of Brazil in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff, and served until 18 March of that same year. On 19 February 2020, Gomes was shot after using a bulldozer to remove a barricade built by a group of masked military police officers during an illegal demonstration in Sobral, Ceará.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Cid Gomes". Federal Senate. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
^ "Biografia" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Ceará. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
^ "O que se sabe sobre tiros que atingiram senador Cid Gomes em protesto de PMs no Ceará". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

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[1] "Cid Gomes". Federal Senate. Retrieved February 6, 2019.

[2] "Biografia" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado do Ceará. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

[3] "O que se sabe sobre tiros que atingiram senador Cid Gomes em protesto de PMs no Ceará". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-20.

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