Ciro Gomes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ciro Gomes

Brazilian politician, lawyer and professor

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Profession: lawyer, politician, professor

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Ciro Gomes

  • Ciro Ferreira Gomes (born 6 November 1957), often known monomyously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic, affiliated with the Democratic Labor Party (PDT).
  • He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil three times, in 1998, 2002 and was the PDT's presidential candidate in the 2018 Brazilian election. Gomes has occupied a number of prominent political offices.
  • He served two terms as a State Deputy in Ceará, was the Mayor of Fortaleza, and then Governor of Ceará (a highly populated state in the Northeast of Brazil).
  • He was Minister of Finance in the Itamar Franco administration during the implementation of the "Plano Real," which successfully stabilized the economy and ended hyperinflation.
  • He served as Minister of National Integration during the Lula administration.
  • His most recent political office was as a Federal Deputy for Ceará, from 2007 to 2011.
  • He is generally described as a center-left politician.Gomes has lived in Ceará for most of his life, graduating with a degree in law from the Federal University of Ceará.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Two of his four siblings (Cid Gomes and Ivo Gomes), his father, and his uncle, have all been involved in Brazilian politics.

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