Cid Gomes Explained

Cid Gomes
Office:Senator for Ceará
Term Start:1 February 2019
Predecessor:Eunício Oliveira
Office1:Minister of Education
Term Start1:1 January 2015
Term End1:18 March 2015
President1:Dilma Rousseff
Predecessor1:José Henrique Paim
Successor1:Renato Janine Ribeiro
Office2:Governor of Ceará
Term Start2:1 January 2007
Term End2:31 December 2014
Vicegovernor2:
Predecessor2:Lúcio Alcântara
Office3:Mayor of Sobral
Term Start3:1 January 1997
Term End3:31 December 2004
1Blankname3:Vice Mayor
1Namedata3:Edilson Aragão
Predecessor3:Aldenor Façanha Júnior
Successor3:Leônidas Cristino
Birth Date:27 April 1963
Birth Place:Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Alma Mater:Federal University of Ceará
Profession:Engineer
Spouse:Maria Célia Habib Moura
Children:3
Relatives:Ciro Gomes (brother)
Party:PSB (since 2024)

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cid Gomes. Federal Senate. February 6, 2019.
  2. Web site: Biografia. Governo do Estado do Ceará. Portuguese. August 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903040037/http://www.ceara.gov.br/governador/sobre-o-governador. September 3, 2011. dead.
  3. News: 2020-02-19 . O que se sabe sobre tiros que atingiram senador Cid Gomes em protesto de PMs no Ceará . pt-BR . BBC News Brasil . 2020-02-20.