{{Short description|Brazilian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Oriel Filho | birth_name = Oriel Guimarães Nunes Filho | image = Oriel Filho em 2022.jpg | caption = Oriel Filho em 2022 | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará | term_start1 = 1 February 2023 | term_end1 = ''Incumbent'' {{small|(on leave since 1 March 2023)}} | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Antônio Granja {{small|(1st substitute, assumed seat)}} | constituency1 = At-large | assembly1 = 31st Legislature | office2 = Secretary of State for Fisheries and Aquaculture of Ceará | term_start2 = 1 March 2023 | term_end2 = ''Incumbent'' | governor2 = Elmano de Freitas | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|30}} | birth_place = Icó, Ceará, Brazil | party = PT {{small|(2025–present)}} | other_party = PDT {{small|(2018–2025)}}<br />DEM {{small|(2012–2018)}} | occupation = Physiotherapist | alma_mater = | profession = Physiotherapist | footnotes = {{small|Oriel Filho is currently on leave from his assembly seat to serve as Secretary of State for Fisheries and Aquaculture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/nomeado-secretario-oriel-filho-entra-de-licenca-e-da-lugar-a-antonio-granja-na-alece-1.3341061 |title=Nomeado secretário, Oriel Filho entra de licença e dá lugar a Antônio Granja na Alece |publisher=Diário do Nordeste |date=1 March 2023 |access-date=9 July 2025 |language=pt}}</ref>}} }}
'''Oriel Guimarães Nunes Filho''' (May 30, 1987), better known as '''Oriel Filho''', is a Brazilian physical therapist and politician affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barreto |first=Felipe |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Oriel não deve se filiar ao PSB no próximo dia 7; secretário da Pesca vai avaliar qual o melhor destino |url=https://www.opiniaoce.com.br/oriel-nao-deve-se-filiar-ao-psb-no-proximo-dia-7-secretario-da-pesca-vai-avaliar-qual-o-melhor-destino/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260109184810/https://www.opiniaoce.com.br/oriel-nao-deve-se-filiar-ao-psb-no-proximo-dia-7-secretario-da-pesca-vai-avaliar-qual-o-melhor-destino/ |archive-date=January 9, 2026 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Opinião CE |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rochinha |date=July 3, 2025 |title=Secretário Oriel Filho celebra Dia do Pescador com homenagem à categoria e reforça compromisso do Governo do Ceará com a pesca |url=https://programadorochinha.com.br/secretario-oriel-filho-celebra-dia-do-pescador-com-homenagem-a-categoria-e-reforca-compromisso-do-governo-do-ceara-com-a-pesca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716114610/https://programadorochinha.com.br/secretario-oriel-filho-celebra-dia-do-pescador-com-homenagem-a-categoria-e-reforca-compromisso-do-governo-do-ceara-com-a-pesca/ |archive-date=July 16, 2025 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Programa do Rochinha |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He is currently the State Secretary of Fisheries and Agriculture of Ceará, as well as a licensed State deputy.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Biography ==
=== Early years and education === Oriel was born in Icó, a city in the interior of the state of Ceará, in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eleições 2022: Oriel Filho - PDT {{!}} Ficha do candidato {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/ce/deputado-estadual/oriel-filho-60001603523.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20260109185050/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/ce/deputado-estadual/oriel-filho-60001603523.shtml |archive-date=January 9, 2026 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He is the nephew of Neto Nunes, who served two terms as mayor of the city and was a state representative for Ceará.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreira |first=Roberto |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Oriel Nunes Filho toma posse e o Icó volta a ter representante na Assembleia do Ceará |url=https://www.blogrobertomoreira.com/2019/08/oriel-nunes-filho-toma-posse-e-o-ico.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260109185459/https://www.blogrobertomoreira.com/2019/08/oriel-nunes-filho-toma-posse-e-o-ico.html |archive-date=January 9, 2026 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Blog do Roberto Moreira |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
He moved to Juazeiro do Norte to study, where he graduated in physical therapy from Faculdade Leão Sampaio in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Oriel Filho |url=https://www.al.ce.gov.br/deputados/oriel-filho |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918180657/https://www.al.ce.gov.br/deputados/oriel-filho |archive-date=September 18, 2025 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Legislative Assembly of Ceará |language=pt-BR }}</ref>
=== Politics === He began his political activism in Juazeiro, joining the Democrats (DEM) party in 2012.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Apuração em tempo real - 1° turno - Juazeiro do Norte |url=http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2012/1turno/ce/juazeiro-do-norte |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917080604/https://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2012/1turno/ce/juazeiro-do-norte |archive-date=September 17, 2025 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Universo Online Eleições 2012 |language=pt}}</ref> According to data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), the candidate for city councilor did not receive any votes.<ref name=":2" />
In 2018, he joined the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), where he ran for state representative.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Apuração e resultados para deputado estadual no Ceará {{!}} Eleições 2018 {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2018/apuracao/1turno/ce/deputado-estadual.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251212060000/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2018/apuracao/1turno/ce/deputado-estadual.shtml |archive-date=December 12, 2025 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He received over 30,000 votes, but was not elected.<ref name=":3" /> In the following election, in 2022, he was elected to office after receiving more than 60,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocha |first=Guilherme |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Veja a lista de deputados estaduais eleitos pelo Ceará nas eleições de 2022 |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-a-lista-de-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-pelo-ceara-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204232617/https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/10/03/veja-a-lista-de-deputados-estaduais-eleitos-pelo-ceara-nas-eleicoes-de-2022.ghtml |archive-date=February 4, 2025 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Valor Econômico |language=pt-br}}</ref> The following year, he resigned from his position to become secretary of fisheries and agriculture after being appointed by the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas (PT).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cavalcante |first=Igor |date=January 2, 2023 |title=Elmano nomeia 18 secretários; outros 14 aguardam reforma administrativa - PontoPoder |url=https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/elmano-nomeia-nomeia-18-secretarios-outros-14-aguardam-reforma-administrativa-1.3319532 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103131157/https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/elmano-nomeia-nomeia-18-secretarios-outros-14-aguardam-reforma-administrativa-1.3319532 |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Diário do Nordeste |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cavalcante |first=Igor |date=December 30, 2020 |title=Elmano anuncia deputado Oriel Filho como secretário da Pesca e Agricultura - PontoPoder |url=https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/elmano-anuncia-deputado-oriel-filho-como-secretario-da-pesca-e-agricultura-1.3318620 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231105952/https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/pontopoder/elmano-anuncia-deputado-oriel-filho-como-secretario-da-pesca-e-agricultura-1.3318620 |archive-date=December 31, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Diário do Nordeste |language=pt-br}}</ref>
With Elmano's approach, he joined the Workers' Party (PT) in February 2025, in a ceremony attended by regional party officials, including José Guimarães, federal deputy for Ceará.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secretário de Elmano e deputado licenciado, Oriel Nunes confirma filiação ao PT |url=https://oestadoce.com.br/politica/secretario-de-elmano-e-deputado-licenciado-oriel-nunes-anuncia-filiacao-ao-pt/}}</ref>
==== Electoral performance ==== {| class="wikitable" |+ ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Election ! rowspan="2" |Position ! rowspan="2" |Party ! rowspan="2" |Coalition ! colspan="3" |Votes ! rowspan="2" |Result ! rowspan="2" |Ref. |- !Total !% !Position |- |2012 |{{Interlanguage link|2012 Juazeiro do Norte mayoral election|lt=Municipality of Juazeiro do Norte|pt|Eleição municipal de Juazeiro do Norte em 2012}} |Councilman |DEM |''<small>Junto e Misturado</small>'' <small>(PMDB, DEM, PSL)</small> |0 |0 | - |{{No2|Not elected}} |<ref name=":2" /> |- |2018 |Ceará gubernatorial election |State deputy | rowspan="2" |PDT |PP, PDT, PR, DEM, PRP |39.474 |0,86% |49º |{{No2|Not elected}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Deputados estaduais eleitos no Ceará |url=https://especiais.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2018/resultados/eleitos-deputado-estadual-ce-quem-ganhou/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102050624/https://especiais.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2018/resultados/eleitos-deputado-estadual-ce-quem-ganhou/ |archive-date=January 2, 2026 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Gazeta do Povo |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- |2022 |Ceará gubernatorial election |State deputy |Isolated party |60.642 |1,19% |26º |{{Yes2|Elected}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Ceará: Oriel Filho (PDT) é eleito deputado estadual; veja votos |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/10/03/oriel-filho-deputado-estadual.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225131656/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/10/03/oriel-filho-deputado-estadual.htm |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=Universo Online}}</ref> |}
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