Izolda Cela

Izolda Cela
Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Brazil
In office
19 January 2023  30 May 2024
MinisterCamilo Santana
Preceded byJosé de Castro Barreto Junior
Governor of Ceará
In office
2 April 2022  31 December 2022
Vice GovernorVacant
Preceded byCamilo Santana
Succeeded byElmano de Freitas
Vice Governor of Ceará
In office
1 January 2015  2 April 2022
GovernorCamilo Santana
Preceded byDomingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
Succeeded byJade Romero
First Lady of Sobral
In role
1 January 2011  31 December 2016
MayorVeveu Arruda
Preceded byMaria Esther Frota Cristino
Succeeded byViviam Paula Rodrigues Trajano
Secretary of Education of Ceará
In office
2 January 2007  4 April 2014
GovernorCid Gomes
Preceded byLuís Eduardo de Menezes Lima
Succeeded byMaurício Holanda Maia
Second Lady of Sobral
In role
1 January 2005  1 January 2011
Vice MayorVeveu Arruda
Secretary of Education of Sobral
In office
2005–2006
MayorLeônidas Cristino
Personal details
Born
Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho

(1960-05-09) 9 May 1960
Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Political partyPSB (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Domestic partnerVeveu Arruda
Alma materFederal University of Ceará
Professionprofessor and psychologist
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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, 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. 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.