Ciro Gomes
Ciro Gomes Governor of Ceará | |
---|---|
In office 15 March 1991 – 6 September 1994 | |
Vice Governor | Lúcio Alcântara |
Preceded by | Tasso Jereissati |
Succeeded by | Francisco Aguiar |
Mayor of Fortaleza | |
In office 1 January 1989 – 2 April 1990 | |
Vice Mayor | Juraci Magalhães |
Preceded by | Maria Luíza Fontenele |
Succeeded by | Juraci Magalhães |
State Deputy of Ceará | |
In office 1 February 1983 – 31 December 1988 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil | 6 November 1957
Political party | PDT (since 2015) |
Other political affiliations | |
Spouses | Patricia Pillar (m. 1999; div. 2011)Giselle Bezerra (m. 2017) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Cid Gomes (brother) |
Alma mater | Federal University of Ceará (LL.B.) |
Profession | Lawyer, university professor, writer |
Ciro Ferreira Gomes GOMM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsiɾu feˈʁe(j)ɾɐ ˈɡomis]; born 6 November 1957), known mononymously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic. Ciro is currently affiliated with and vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
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Ciro ran for
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Described as having "one of the sharpest tongues in Brazilian politics", Ciro's public image has been characterized by his outspoken personality, receiving both praise and criticism.
Early life
Ciro was born in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, the son of José Euclides Ferreira Gomes Filho and Maria José Ferreira Gomes in 1957. His family moved to Sobral, Ceará in 1962. His father's family, the Ferreira Gomes family, has been active in Ceará politics for several generations.
Ciro enrolled in the Law School of the Federal University of Ceará in 1976.[29] Ciro later recalled that within the student movements of the time, he was most closely affiliated with the Catholic Left.[30] Upon graduation, Ciro returned to the city of Sobral, to work for the local government as a municipal prosecutor.[31]
State political career
State politics
Ciro ran for office for the first time in 1982, as a State Deputy representing Sobral, and won; he began his first term in February 1983.[32] Ciro attracted substantial media attention early on for his willingness to debate national political questions — including democracy, social reforms, and international relations — which he said other Ceará politicians ignored.[33] In 1985, Ciro also started teaching tax law as a professor at the University of Fortaleza.[34]
In 1988, Ciro was elected Mayor of Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará, and began his term the next year. As Mayor of Fortaleza, endorsed centre-left candidate Mário Covas in the first round of the 1989 presidential election and socialist candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round.[35]
Governor of Ceará
Ciro was elected the Governor of Ceará in 1990, at the age of 32, becoming the second youngest governor in the country at the time.[36] His efforts included policies to support small businesses and reduce bureaucracy.[37] He also cracked down on tax evasion, increasing state revenue. Ciro also ordered increased investments in education and in public health; by July 1992, a Datafolha poll found he was the most popular governor in Brazil, with a 74% approval rate,[38] and Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most important emerging leaders on the world stage.[39]
One of his most high-profile achievements as governor was the construction of a 71-mile long water canal, the "Canal do Trabalhador." Northeastern Brazil suffered a series of droughts in 1991, 1992, and 1993; in 1993, Ciro managed to organize and complete the construction of the canal in only 3 months, successfully bringing water to the capital city of Fortaleza and thus preventing a water supply crisis.[40]
Ciro's public health program "Programa Viva Criança" was attributed with a 32% decrease in infant mortality in the state and was awarded the Maurice Paté prize by UNICEF.[2]
National political career
Minister of Finance
In 1994 he served as Minister of Finance in the administration of Itamar Franco. This appointment came at a crucial time in Brazil's modern economic development, when the Real Plan was underway as an economic stabilization program to fight hyperinflation. His successful performance overseeing the Real Plan was credited by some with helping Fernando Henrique Cardoso win the subsequent presidential election in the fall of 1994, after Cardoso campaigned on continuing the plan's implementation. However, Ciro would break with the Cardoso government in 1997.[41]
1998 presidential candidacy
A founding member of the
The centrist
2002 presidential candidacy and aftermath
During the 2002 presidential election, Ciro looked to be formidable, even passing PSDB candidate José Serra, the main centre-right candidate, at one point in the polls.[43] However, a series of gaffes, most notable a crass joke about his wife Patrícia Pillar,[44] led to his collapse in the polls, and Ciro came in fourth place in the first round, with 12% of the vote.[45] He supported Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the 2002 election, and was ultimately chosen to be the Minister for National Integration in Lula's new government.[46] When the PPS' leadership voted to leave the governing coalition in December 2004 that propped up Lula's government, Ciro chose to remain in his post. As a result, the PPS removed him from the party leadership, and he decided to join the
He has been publicly critical of the efforts to impeach Dilma Rousseff and prosecute Lula.[48]
2018 presidential election
Having passed on a presidential campaign in 2010, Ciro announced his long-awaited third bid for the presidency in the 2018 presidential election as the candidate of the PDT. For the position of Vice President, Ciro chose Kátia Abreu, a centre former Minister of Agriculture, as his running mate.
Political analysts had widely speculated that, since Lula was legally barred from running for president (after his conviction for corruption, under Brazil's "Ficha Limpa" law), Ciro would attract many of Lula's supporters in the 2018 presidential election, and potentially unite a number of left and center-left political parties.[49] His main contender for the left vote was Fernando Haddad, the former Mayor of São Paulo, running as a member of the Workers' Party (PT) with Lula's backing. Polling showed that Ciro would have performed better versus Bolsonaro in the second round than Haddad would have.
While Ciro polled competitively throughout most of the election, Lula's endorsement of Haddad rallied enough of his former voters to support Haddad.[50] As a result, Ciro finished in third place in the first round, only coming in first place in his home state of Ceará.
In the second round, Ciro announced his opposition to right-wing rival Jair Bolsonaro, who he describes as a "fascist" for his pro-military rule statements,[51] but did not formally endorse Haddad.[52] Following the election of Bolsonaro over Haddad, a number of major left figures including Governor Rui Costa of Bahia, a member of the PT, indicated they regret supporting Haddad over Ciro.[53]
2022 presidential election
Ciro Gomes ran for president for the fourth time in the 2022 presidential election, finishing in fourth place.
Personal life
Ciro has lived in Ceará for most of his life, graduating with a degree in law from the Federal University of Ceará.[54] He was a professor of tax law and constitutional law, and wrote three books on political economy: "No País dos Conflitos" ("In the Country of Conflicts", 1994); "O Próximo Passo – Uma Alternativa Prática ao Neoliberalismo" ("The Next Step - A Practical Alternative to Neoliberalism", 1995), co-authored with Harvard professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger; and "Um Desafio Chamado Brasil" ("A Challenge Called Brazil," 2002).
He was also a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School.[55] He served in the private sector as the President of Transnordestina S/A (a commodities transportation company in Northeastern Brazil), and on the Board of Directors of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional.[56] Two of his four siblings (Cid Gomes and Ivo Gomes), his father, and his uncle, have all been involved in Brazilian politics.
He was married to his first wife, politician Patrícia Saboya, from 1983 to 1999, with whom he has three children: Lívia, Ciro and Yuri.[57] Like her husband, Patricia Saboya Gomes was also politically active in the Northeastern state of Ceara, including serving as a Federal Deputy and a Senator for the state; the two were seen as political allies. From 1999 to 2011, Ciro was married to Brazilian actress Patrícia Pillar.[58] In 2013, he began a relationship with Zara Castro, with whom he had his fourth child, Gael, in 2015.[59] Ciro is the godfather of his advisor Roberto Mangabeira Unger's eldest child, Gabriel.[60]
Since 2017, his girlfriend has been TV producer Giselle Bezerra; she was previously a dancer on the popular Brazilian TV show Xuxa.[61]
Electoral history
Election | Party | Office | Coalition | Running mate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
1982 Ceará state election | PDS | State deputy | - | - | 11,600 | - | - | - | Elected |
1986 Ceará state election | PMDB | State deputy | Pro-Change Coalition(PMDB, PDC, PCB, PCdoB) | - | 17,602 | - | - | - | Elected |
1988 Fortaleza mayoral election | Mayor | Coalition of Changes
(PMDB, PMB) |
Juraci Magalhães
(PMDB) |
179,274 | 30.55
(#1) |
- | - | Elected | |
1990 Ceará gubernatorial election | PSDB | Governor | Ceará Best Generation
(PSDB, PDT, PTB, PDC, PSC, PCN) |
Lúcio Alcântara
(PDT) |
1,279,492 | 54.32
(#1) |
- | - | Elected |
1998 Brazilian presidential election
|
PPS | President | Real and Fair Brazil
( ) |
Roberto Freire
(PPS) |
7,426,190 | 10.97
(#3) |
- | - | Lost |
2002 Brazilian presidential election | President | Labour Front
( PTB, PDT )
|
Paulo Pereira da Silva
(PDT) |
10,170,882 | 11.97
(#4) |
- | - | Lost | |
2006 Ceará state election | PSB | Federal deputy | Ceará votes to grow
(PSB / PT / PCdoB / PMDB / PRB / PP / PHS / PMN / PV) |
- | 667,830 | 16.19
(#1) |
- | - | Elected |
2018 Brazilian presidential election | PDT | President | Sovereign Brazil(PDT, AVANTE) | Kátia Abreu
(PDT) |
13,344,371 | 12.47
(#3) |
- | - | Lost |
2022 Brazilian presidential election | President | - | Ana Paula Matos(PDT) | 3,599,287 | 3.04
(#4) |
- | - | Lost |
Awards
- Medal of Merit for Defense (Order of Great Cross), awarded by the President, on November 21, 2003.[62]
- Juscelino Kubitscheck Medal (Highest Order), awarded by the Governor of Minas Gerais, 1997.[62]
- World Prize from UNICEF - Maurice Pate Leadership for Children Award, 1993.[2]
Published works
He has written four books:
- No País dos Conflitos (1994) - co-authored with Miriam Leitão.
- O Próximo Passo – Uma Alternativa Prática ao Neoliberalismo (1996) - co-authored with Roberto Mangabeira Unger.
- Um Desafio Chamado Brasil (2002) - a collection of op-eds written for the newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo and Jornal da Tarde between 1995 and 1999.
- Projeto Nacional: O Dever Da Esperança (2020).
See also
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