Elmano de Freitas | |
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| Governor of Ceará | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| Vice Governor | Jade Romero |
| Preceded by | Izolda Cela |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará | |
| In office 1 February 2015 – 30 December 2022 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Municipal Secretary of Education of Fortaleza | |
| In office 1 September 2011 – 31 December 2012 | |
| Mayor | Luizianne Lins |
| Preceded by | Ana Maria de Carvalho Fontenele |
| Succeeded by | Ivo Gomes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elmano de Freitas da Costa 12 April 1970 Baturité, Ceará, Brazil |
| Political party | PT (1989–present) |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Ceará |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Elmano de Freitas da Costa (born 12 April 1970) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. Affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT), he has been the governor of the state of Ceará since 2023.
Having graduated with a law degree from the Federal University of Ceará, he started his legal career and political inclinations working with labor unions and social movements. He started his political career in 1996, when he was a candidate for the city council of his hometown of Baturité, but was not elected. Between 2011 and 2012, he was the Municipal Secretary of Education of Fortaleza during the mayoralty of Luizianne Lins. He later would run for the state legislature in 2014 and 2018, and later would run for governor in 2022.