Jade Romero

Jade Afonso Romero (born 12 July 1985) is a Brazilian public works manager, professor, and politician affiliated with the Brazil Union (UNIÃO). She is the current vice-governor and secretary of Social Protection of the state of Ceará.

Early life Born on 12 July 1985 in Fortaleza, Romero was a student of the now-defunct Colégio Marista Cearense and participated in student movements. She graduated with a degree in Public Management from the University of Fortaleza, specialized in Public Policy from Universidade Gama Filho, and earned a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Lisbon. She was a university professor, academic researcher, and project manager in the third sector.

Political career Having shown interest in politics since she was young, Romero became a member of the Workers' Party (PT) at 16 years. In 2010, she switched her affiliation with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), where she began to commit to activism nationally. Within the party, she led the Youth Wing branch in Ceará, and she later became an executive and councilwoman with the national wing of MDB Youth, as well as presiding over MDB Mulher.

From January 2013 to July 2014, Romero was the municipal secretary of People's Participation of Fortaleza during the mayorship of then-mayor Roberto Cláudio; from 2014 to 2018, she was the parliamentary advisor to then senator Eunício Oliveira;

In 2022, Romero was indicated by the MDB to be the candidate for vice-governor of the ticket led by Elmano de Freitas of the PT. The ticket received 2,808,300 votes, or 54.02% of the vote, and won in the first round. They took office in January 2023, and was designated to assume, in March of that year, the Secretary of Women in the state, created as a post disconnected from the secretariat that previously administered such matters, the Secretary of Social Protection, Justice, Citizenship, Women, and Human Rights. In December 2024, amidst a shuffle in the state cabinet, she became the secretary of Social Protection.