19 Notable alumni of
Federal University of Ceara
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The Federal University of Ceara is 1405th in the world, 59th in Latin America, and 16th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from the Federal University of Ceara sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ciro Gomes
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- politicianprofessorlawyer
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Ciro Ferreira Gomes, known mononymously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic. Ciro is currently affiliated with and vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
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Renato Aragão
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- television actorlawyerscreenwritersingeractor
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Antônio Renato Aragão, nicknamed Didi, is a Brazilian comedian actor, producer, filmmaker, TV presenter, singer and writer. He is best known as Didi, because of his leading role in the television series Os Trapalhões.
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Camilo Santana
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- politicianagricultural engineerteacher
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Camilo Sobreira de Santana is a Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Ceará and a master's degree in Development and Environment from the same university. As an undergraduate, he held the director function UFC Students of Central Directory. He was Secretary of Agrarian Development of the State of Ceará in the government of Cid Gomes, from 1 February 2007 to 31 December 2010, as well as Secretary of Cities in the same government.
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Falcão
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- composerhumoristarchitectactortelevision presenter
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Marcondes Falcão Maia, better known by his stage name Falcão, is a singer-songwriter, actor, television presenter, and humorist. Recording on brega and comedy rock genres, Falcão has already released nine studio albums, and popular songs "I'm Not Dog No", "Black People Car", "Holiday Foi Muito", "Homem é Homem" and "I Love You Tonight."
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Cid Gomes
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- politician
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Cid Ferreira Gomes is a Brazilian politician who serves as a Senator for the state of Ceará since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) since 2015, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Ciro Gomes.
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Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra
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- physicianpolitician
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Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra is a Brazilian politician, the former mayor of Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil, from 2013 to 2021.
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Izolda Cela
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- politician
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Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho is a Brazilian professor, psychologist, politician and the first female governor in the history of the Brazilian state of Ceará. Affiliated to the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) until 2022, 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.
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José Nobre Guimarães
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- politician
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José Nobre Guimarães is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil representing the state of Ceará and a member of the Workers' Party (PT).
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Luizianne Lins
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- politicianjournalist
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Luizianne de Oliveira Lins is a Brazilian journalist. politician and former mayor of Fortaleza. She was Fortaleza's second female mayor.
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Inês Etienne Romeu
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Ceara
- In 1981 graduated with Licentiate in study of history
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- partisanhistoriangovernment employeeresistance fighter
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Inês Etienne Romeu was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s. Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp. In 2014, Colonel Paulo Malhães testimony to the National Truth Commission revealed that Colonel of the Army Cyro Guedes Etchegoyen was the person in charge of the House of Death. He was head of the Army Information Center (CIE) from 1971 to 1974. He was also in charge of a group Brazilian military sent to train Augusto Pinochet's military personnel. Colonel Etchegoyen was trained at US Army School of the Americas. Paulo Malhães, would later claim that the purpose of the center was to convince suspected political opponents to serve as double agents against regime opponents. The main technique used to turn suspects into double agents was torture, which would be backed up by blackmail and clandestine payments.
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José de Anchieta Júnior
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- politician
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José de Anchieta Júnior was a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He served as the Governor of the northern Brazilian state of Roraima from the death of his predecessor, the late Governor Ottomar Pinto, in December 2007 to April 2014.
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Elmano Férrer
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- politicianmayorlawyer
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Elmano Férrer is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has represented Piauí in the Federal Senate from 2015 to 2023. Previously he was mayor of Teresina from 2010 to 2013. He is a member of Progressistas (PP).
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José Barroso Pimentel
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- politicianlawyer
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José Barroso Pimentel is a Brazilian banker and politician. He has represented Ceará in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was a deputy from Ceará from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
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Socorro Acioli
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Ceara
- 1996-2002 graduated with bachelor's degree in social communication
- 2002-2004 graduated with master's degree in children's and youth literature
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- writer
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Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, in 1975. She is a journalist, has a master's degree in Brazilian literature and is currently following a PhD. in Literary Studies at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro. She started her career in 2001 and since then has published books of various genres, such as biographies Frei Tito and Rachel de Queiroz (2003), children’s short stories and youth novels. In 2006, she was selected to take part in a workshop called ‘How to tell a tale’, conducted by the Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez at the San Antonio de Los Banõs International Film and Television School, Cuba. The author was selected by García Márquez himself based on the synopsis of the novel A cabeça do santo/The Head of the Saint, which was published in the UK in 2014 and in the US in 2016. In 2007, she was a visiting researcher at the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. She has also given lectures in several countries such as Portugal, Bolivia and Cape Verde. Mrs. Accioli is also a translator, essayist and literary theory teacher.
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José Reinaldo Tavares
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Ceara
- Studied civil engineering
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- politicianengineer
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José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He served as governor of Maranhão, from 2002 to 2007. Was minister of Transport (1986–1990) on gubernatorial of Sarney. Tavares serves as federal deputy.
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Hélio Gueiros
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Hélio Gueiros was a Brazilian politician who served as the Governor of Pará from 1987 to 1991. He also served as the Mayor of Belém from 1993 to 1996.
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Carlos Higino Ribeiro de Alencar
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- politicianlawyereconomist
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Carlos Higino Ribeiro de Alencar is a Brazilian economist and politician. He was the interim and second Minister of Transparency, Monitoring and Control and was the executive secretary of the Comptroller General of the Union.
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Aécio de Borba Vasconcelos
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- futsal coachpolitician
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Aécio de Borba Vasconcelos was a Brazilian politician who served as a Deputy from 1983 to 1995 and 1997–1998.
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Hermes Carleial
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- writerlawyerpoet
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Hermes Carleial, was a Brazilian poet, lawyer, accountant and writer.
