Izolda Cela

Izolda Cela
Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Brazil
In office 19 January 2023[1] – 30 May 2024
Minister	Camilo Santana
Preceded by	José de Castro Barreto Junior[2]
Governor of Ceará
In office 2 April 2022 – 31 December 2022
Vice Governor	Vacant
Preceded by	Camilo Santana
Succeeded by	Elmano de Freitas
Vice Governor of Ceará
In office 1 January 2015 – 2 April 2022
Governor	Camilo Santana
Preceded by	Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
Succeeded by	Jade Romero
First Lady of Sobral
In role 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2016
Mayor	Veveu Arruda
Preceded by	Maria Esther Frota Cristino
Succeeded by	Viviam Paula Rodrigues Trajano
Secretary of Education of Ceará
In office 2 January 2007 – 4 April 2014
Governor	Cid Gomes
Preceded by	Luís Eduardo de Menezes Lima
Succeeded by	Maurício Holanda Maia
Second Lady of Sobral
In role 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2011
Vice Mayor	Veveu Arruda
Secretary of Education of Sobral
In office 2005–2006
Mayor	Leônidas Cristino
Personal details
Born	Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho (1960-05-09) 9 May 1960 (age 64) Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
Political party	PSB (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2022–2024) PDT (2016–2022) PROS (2013–2016) PT (2001–2013)
Domestic partner	Veveu Arruda
Alma mater	Federal University of Ceará
Profession	professor 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,^[3] 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.^[4][5][6][7] 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.^[8]