Francisco José Pinheiro


Francisco José Pinheiro, better known as Professor Pinheiro, is a Brazilian historian, writer and politician. He was deputy governor of the state of Ceará , in the first term of Governor Cid Gomes. Today was elected state representative, but took over as head of the Secretary of Culture of the state of Ceará.

Education

Professor Pinheiro has a PhD in social history from the University of Pernambuco. He is a history professor at the Federal University of Ceará and a specialist in history of the Catholic Church in Latin America at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

Career

He was president of the professors’ union at UFC, councilman in Fortaleza, and twice president of Fortaleza's Workers' Party. He was also secretary of region IV in Fortaleza, during mayor Luizianne Lins' first administration.

Personal life

He is married to Margarida de Lima Pompeu, a doctor and professor of Pathology and Forensic Medicine at UFC. The couple have four children: Heráclito Aragão Pinheiro, Francisco Pablo H. Aragão Pinheiro, Iago Domingos Menezes Pinheiro, and Alfa Manuela Pompeu Pinheiro.