Isabel da Costa Ferreira

Isabel da Costa Ferreira (15 April 1974 – 18 June 2023), also Isabel Ruak Ferreira, was an East Timorese jurist, human rights activist, politician, and wife of East Timor's former president and former prime minister, Taur Matan Ruak. She was the First Lady of East Timor from 2012 to 2017. Along with her husband, she was a member of Partidu Libertasaun Popular (PLP).

Isabel da Costa Ferreira
Ferreira in 2016
Spouse of the Prime Minister
of East Timor
In office
22 June 2018  18 June 2023
Prime MinisterTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byMarina Ribeiro
Succeeded byVacant
First Lady of East Timor
In role
20 May 2012  20 May 2017
PresidentTaur Matan Ruak
Preceded byJoy Aquino Siapno (2008)
Succeeded byCidália Lopes Nobre Mouzinho Guterres
Personal details
Born
Isabel da Costa Ferreira

(1974-04-15)15 April 1974
Same, Portuguese Timor
Died18 June 2023(2023-06-18) (aged 49)
Dili, East Timor
Nationality East Timorese
Political partyPeople's Liberation Party
Spouse
Taur Matan Ruak
(m. 2001)
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