List of female state governors in Brazil

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
  • Maria Dalva de Sousa Figueiredo, April 5, 2002 – January 1, 2003
• Distrito Federal
  • Maria de Lourdes Abadia, March 15, 2006 – January 1, 2007
• Maranhão
  • Roseana, PMDB, January 1, 1995 – April 6, 2002 and from April 17, 2009 to December 10, 2014
• Pará
  • Ana Julia Carepa, PT, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
• Rio Grande do Norte
  • Wilma de Faria, PSB, January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2010
  • Rosalba Ciarlini, DEM, January 1, 2011 to date
• 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

References

• Brasil terá número recorde de governadoras Terra, 30 October 2006

See also

• States of Brazil