Aroldo Cedraz is President of the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (TCU) since 2015 and has served as Minister of the TCU in different roles since 2007. He has a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the Tierärztliche Hochschule, Hannover, a Master’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Santa Maria, and a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Bahia. From 1991 to 2007, Cedraz completed four mandates as Federal Deputy of the State of Bahia holding positions that included: Industry, Commerce and Mining Secretary of the State of Bahia; Secretary of Water Supply and Irrigation Resources of the State of Bahia; Chief Secretary of the City of Salvador Civil House; and President of the Rural Engineering Company of the State of Bahia. During this time he advanced the health, education, defense, science and technology, external relations, and mines and energy
agendas. Cedraz is also a Professor for Medicine and Public Health at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) since 1974, where he acted as Advisor for the Department of Research and Post-Graduate Education from 1984 to 1986.
