Izolda Cela Explained

Izolda Cela
Birth Place:Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Profession:professor and psychologist
Alma Mater:Federal University of Ceará
Partner:Veveu Arruda
Party:PSB (2024–present)
Birth Date:9 May 1960
Birth Name:Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho
Office1:Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Brazil
Term Start1:19 January 2023[1]
Term End1:30 May 2024
1Blankname1:Minister
1Namedata1:Camilo Santana
Predecessor1:José de Castro Barreto Junior[2]
Office2:Governor of Ceará
Term Start2:2 April 2022
Term End2:31 December 2022
1Blankname2:Vice Governor
1Namedata2:Vacant
Successor2:Elmano de Freitas
Predecessor2:Camilo Santana
Office3:Vice Governor of Ceará
Term Start3:1 January 2015
Term End3:2 April 2022
1Blankname3:Governor
1Namedata3:Camilo Santana
Successor3:Jade Romero
Predecessor3:Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
Office4:First Lady of Sobral
Term Label4:In role
Term Start4:1 January 2011
Term End4:31 December 2016
Predecessor4:Maria Esther Frota Cristino
Successor4:Viviam Paula Rodrigues Trajano
1Blankname4:Mayor
1Namedata4:Veveu Arruda
Office5:Secretary of Education of Ceará
Governor5:Cid Gomes
Term Start5:2 January 2007
Term End5:4 April 2014
Predecessor5:Luís Eduardo de Menezes Lima
Successor5:Maurício Holanda Maia
Office6:Second Lady of Sobral
Term Label6:In role
Term Start6:1 January 2005
Term End6:1 January 2011
1Blankname6:Vice Mayor
1Namedata6:Veveu Arruda
Office7:Secretary of Education of Sobral
Term Start7:2005
Term End7:2006
1Blankname7:Mayor
1Namedata7:Leônidas Cristino
Signature:Izolda Cela Signature.jpg

Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho (born Sobral, Ceará, 9 May 1960) is a Brazilian professor, psychologist, politician and the first female governor in the history of the Brazilian state of Ceará. A member of the Brazilian Socialist Party,[3] she was the Vice Governor (from 2015 to 2022) and Governor of Ceará (from April to December 2022), being succeeded by Elmano de Freitas. She took office after the resignation of Camilo Santana.[4] [5] [6] After she left the government of Ceará, she took office as the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education from January 2023 to May 2024.[7]

Biography

Born in the municipality of Sobral, Ceará, Izolda Cela is the daughter of Maria Helena Cela (1928-2001), an elementary school teacher born in Camocim, Ceará, and Afonso Walter Magalhães Pinto (1916-1969), a cardiologist from Santa Quitéria.[8]

Graduated in psychology at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), she became academically specialized in Early Childhood Education at the State University of Ceará and also in Public Management at the Vale do Acaraú State University, where she became a pedagogy teacher years later. She became a Master in Management and Evaluation of Public Education from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, in Minas Gerais. Before entering public life, Izolda worked as a school psychologist at Colégio Sobralense (1986 and 1988), was part of the pedagogical board of the Arco-Iris School (1989), and gained clinical experience in child care when working at the Integrated Development Clinic (1991-1995), all in the municipality of Sobral.

In addition, Izolda Cela is the great-niece of the painter Raimundo Cela, and she's married for over 30 years to the lawyer and former mayor of Sobral, José Clodoveu de Arruda Coelho Neto (PT), with whom she had four children: Hilda, Luisa, Clara and Pedro.

Political life

In 2001, Izolda Cela began her political career by assuming the position of Undersecretary for Education Development in the municipal administration of Sobral, Ceará, a position she remained in until 2004. Between 2005 and 2006, she served as the Municipal Secretary of Education and, between 2007 and 2014, as Secretary of Education of the State of Ceará.

In 2014 Ceará state election, she ran for the first time as the running mate of Camilo Santana (PT) for the government of Ceará. She was affiliated to the Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS). Reaching the sum of 2,039,233 votes in the 1st round, 47.81% of the valid votes, and 2,417,668 votes in the 2nd round, 53.35% of the valid votes, the ticket won the electoral dispute and Izolda was elected the first female Vice Governor of the state of Ceará. On August 14, 2015, Izolda was considered the first woman to assume the government of Ceará, due to Governor Camilo's official trip for a week.[9]

In the 2018 Ceará state election, Izolda ran again for the position of Vice Governor of the State of Ceará on the ticket of incumbent governor Camilo Santana. Now affiliated to the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), the ticket garnered 3,457,556 votes (equivalent to 79.96% of valid votes), winning the dispute in the 1st round of the elections.[10] [11]

On April 2, 2022, Santana resigned as governor to run for the Federal Senate, which made Izolda Cela the new governor and the first woman in history to command the state of Ceará[12] from April to December 2022. She was appointed by president Lula as Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Brazil on 19 January 2023 and she stayed in office until 30 May 2024, when she announced her resignation in order to run in the 2024 Brazilian municipal elections as a potential candidate for mayor, either in Fortaleza or in her hometown, Sobral.

Electoral results

YearElectionRunning asCoalitionPartyTicketVotos%Results
2014Ceará gubernatorial electionVice GovernorKeep Ceará changing(PROS, PT, PRB, PP, PDT, PTB, PSL, PRTB, PHS, PMN, PTC, PV, PEN, PPL, PSD, PCdoB, PTdoB, SD)PROSCamilo Santana(PT)2.039.233(1º - first round)

2.417.668

(1º - second round)

47,81
(1º - first round)53,35
(1º - second round)
2018Ceará gubernatorial electionFor a Stronger Ceará(PT, PDT, PP, PSB, PR, PTB, DEM, PCdoB, PPS, PRP, PV, PMN, PPL, PATRI, PRTB, PMB)PDT3.457.556
(1º - first round)
79,96%
(1º - first round)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-01-19 . Página 1 da Seção 2 - Edição Extra A do Diário Oficial da União (DOU) de 19 de Janeiro de 2023 . 2024-05-30 . Diário Oficial da União - JusBrasil.
  2. Web site: 2023-01-01 . Página 2 da Seção 2 - Edição Extra A do Diário Oficial da União (DOU) de 1 de Janeiro de 2023 . 2024-05-30 . Diário Oficial da União - JusBrasil.
  3. Web site: 2024-02-04 . Após racha no PDT, Cid Gomes e Izolda Cela se filiam ao PSB Metrópoles . 2024-05-31 . www.metropoles.com . pt-BR.
  4. Web site: Povo . O. . 2022-04-01 . Camilo oficializa renúncia e se dirige a Izolda: "Desejo de sucesso na honrosa missão" . 2022-04-02 . O POVO . pt-br.
  5. Web site: Após 20 anos, Ceará volta a ter renúncia de um governador; veja como é a transmissão do cargo - Inácio Aguiar. April 2, 2022. Diário do Nordeste.
  6. Web site: Influências de Pais e Avós . Jornal O Povo . 2013 . 11 December 2019.
  7. Web site: 2024-05-30 . Secretária-executiva do MEC, Izolda Cela comunica saída da pasta . 2024-05-31 . Poder360 . pt-br.
  8. Web site: 2019-12-10 . Biografia: Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho Netcina . 2022-05-12 . 2019-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191210230359/http://www.netcina.com.br/2014/04/biografia-maria-izolda-cela-de-arruda.html .
  9. Web site: 2016-01-29 . Izolda Cela é a primeira mulher na história a assumir o Governo do Ceará . 2022-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129070603/https://www.ceara.gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/noticias/13691-izolda-cela-e-a-primeira-mulher-na-historia-a-assumir-o-governo-do-ceara . 29 January 2016 . dead.
  10. Web site: 2019-12-11 . Governador - Governo do Estado do Ceará . 2022-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191211235447/https://www.ceara.gov.br/governo/governador/ . 11 December 2019 . dead.
  11. Web site: Camilo Santana, do PT, é reeleito governador do Ceará . 2022-05-12 . G1 . pt-br.
  12. Web site: 2022-04-02 . Após 20 anos, Ceará volta a ter renúncia de um governador; veja como é a transmissão do cargo - Inácio Aguiar . 2022-05-12 . Diário do Nordeste . pt-BR.