Brazil's first female state governor was Roseana Sarney, elected in 1994 (and re-elected in 1998) as the chief executive of the state of Maranhão, representing the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Other women have held governorships since then, either elected in their own right or appointed on an interim basis.
Female governors Acre Iolanda Fleming, 1986 – March 15, 1987 Amapá Dalva Figueiredo, April 5, 2002 – January 1, 2003 Distrito Federal Maria de Lourdes Abadia, March 15, 2006 – January 1, 2007 Maranhão Roseana Sarney, PMDB, January 1, 1995 – April 6, 2002 and April 17, 2009 – December 10, 2014 Pará Ana Julia Carepa, PT, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010 Pernambuco Beatriz de Albuquerque, April 18, 1553 – July 30, 1553 Maria Margarida de Castro e Albuquerque, September 24, 1658 – October 25, 1689 Rio Grande do Norte Wilma de Faria, PSB, January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2010 Rosalba Ciarlini, DEM, January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015 Fátima Bezerra, PT, January 1, 2019 – incumbent Rio Grande do Sul Yeda Crusius, PSDB, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010 Rio de Janeiro Benedita da Silva, PT, April 5, 2002 – January 1, 2003 Rosinha Garotinho, PMDB, January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007
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Brasil terá número recorde de governadoras Terra, 30 October 2006
See also States of Brazil