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 ** 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 ** /pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatriz_de_Albuquerque Beatriz de Albuquerque April 18, 1553 – July 30, 1553 ** /pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Margarida_de_Castro_e_Albuquerque Maria Margarida de Castro e Albuquerque September 24, 1658 – Oc ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ...
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