Francisco José Pinheiro

Who is 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 Ceara. He is PhD in social history by the University of Pernanbuco and He is a history professor in the UFC, the most prominent university in Ceará. He is specialist in the history of the Catholic Church in Latin America. He was president of the professors union of UFC, councilman in Fortaleza, and president of Fortaleza’s PT twice. He was also secretary of region IV in Fortaleza, during mayor Luizianne Lins' first administration.

He is married to Margarida de Lima Pompeu, who is doctor and also PhD and professor of Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine. He has four sons: Heráclito Aragão Pinheiro, Francisco Pablo H. Aragão Pinheiro, Iago Domingos Menezes Pinheiro and Alfa Manuela Pompeu Pinheiro.