Camilo Sobreira de Santana (born 3 June 1968) is a Brazilian

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and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in

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from the

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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 Cid Ferreira Gomes (born 27 April 1963) 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 Cir ...

, from 1 February 2007 to 31 December 2010, as well as Secretary of Cities in the same government. He was voted the most voted state deputy of

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in October 2010, with 131,171 votes. He was governor of the state of

until 2 April 2022, when he resigned in order to run for

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Election to the government

Santana's candidature for the government of Ceará was made official on 29 June in

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, during collective agreement of PROS, PT and other parties allied with the coalition led by the governor Cid Gomes. The convention was marked, however, by uncertainty about the indications to Senator and Vice-Governor of the coalition. Santana had previously been considered for the top post of the state executive, but did not include the list of favorites for the position, dominated by PROS members. Santana was elected governor of Ceará on 26 October 2014. His victory was given as mathematically certain even before the official confirmation by the Superior Electoral Court.

Political future

Santana, a member of the Workers' Party, chose to endorse

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( PDT), himself a former

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, over

Fernando Haddad Fernando Haddad (born 25 January 1963) is a Brazilian academic and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023. He was previously the Mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2016. He was the Workers' Party candid ...

, a fellow member of his party, in the

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