Isabel da Costa Ferreira

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Isabel da Costa Ferreira
Ferreira in 2016
Spouse of the Prime Minister of East Timor
In office 22 June 2018 – 18 June 2023
Prime Minister	Taur Matan Ruak
Preceded by	Marina Ribeiro
Succeeded by	Vacant
First Lady of East Timor
In role 20 May 2012 – 20 May 2017
President	Taur Matan Ruak
Preceded by	Joy Aquino Siapno (2008)
Succeeded by	Cidália Lopes Nobre Mouzinho Guterres
Personal details
Born	Isabel da Costa Ferreira (1974-04-15)15 April 1974 Same, Portuguese Timor
Died	18 June 2023(2023-06-18) (aged 49) Dili, East Timor
Nationality	East Timorese
Political party	People's Liberation Party
Spouse	Taur Matan Ruak ​ (m. 2001)​

Isabel da Costa Ferreira (15 April 1974 – 18 June 2023), also Isabel Ruak Ferreira, was an East Timorese jurist, human rights activist, politician, and wife of East Timor's former president and former prime minister, Taur Matan Ruak.^[1] She was the First Lady of East Timor from 2012 to 2017. Along with her husband, she was a member of Partidu Libertasaun Popular (PLP).