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.

Cid Gomes
Official portrait, 2019
Senator for Ceará
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Preceded byEunício Oliveira
Minister of Education
In office
1 January 2015 – 18 March 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJosé Henrique Paim
Succeeded byRenato Janine Ribeiro
Governor of Ceará
In office
1 January 2007 – 31 December 2014
Vice Governor
Preceded byLúcio Alcântara
Succeeded byCamilo Santana
Mayor of Sobral
In office
1 January 1997 – 31 December 2004
Vice MayorEdilson Aragão
Preceded byAldenor Façanha Júnior
Succeeded byLeônidas Cristino
Personal details
Born (1963-04-27) 27 April 1963 (age 61)
Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Political partyPSB (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations
  • PMDB (1983–1990)
  • PSDB (1990–1997)
  • PPS (1997–2005)
  • PSB (2005–2013)
  • PROS (2013–2015)
  • PDT (2015–2024)
SpouseMaria Célia Habib Moura
Children3
RelativesCiro Gomes (brother)
Alma materFederal University of Ceará
ProfessionEngineer

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

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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.