Ciro Ferreira Gomes (born 6 November 1957), often known monomyously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic, affiliated with the Democratic Labor Party (PDT). He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil three times, in 1998, 2002 and was the PDT's presidential candidate in the 2018 Brazilian election.
Gomes has occupied a number of prominent political offices. He served two terms as a State Deputy in Ceará, was the Mayor of Fortaleza, and then Governor of Ceará (a highly populated state in the Northeast of Brazil). He was Minister of Finance in the Itamar Franco administration during the implementation of the "Plano Real," which successfully stabilized the economy and ended hyperinflation. He served as Minister of National Integration during the Lula administration. His most recent political office was as a Federal Deputy for Ceará, from 2007 to 2011. He is generally described as a center-left politician.