Roseana Sarney Murad (born 1 June 1953) is a Brazilian politician and sociologist. She was the governor of the Brazilian state of

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

from 1995 to 2002 and again from 2009 to 2014. She is a member of the

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party The Brazilian Democratic Movement ( pt, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a " big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, ...

and daughter of former President and senator

José Sarney José Sarney de Araújo Costa (; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of ...

. Roseana has served in a number of elected offices, including

congresswoman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

from 1991 to 1994, governor of Maranhão from 1995 to 2002 and

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from 2003 to 2009. She considered running for president in 2002, but a corruption scandal led to her withdrawal from the race on 15 April 2002.

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Bank Julius Baer: Brazilian Senator Roseana Sarney estimated USD 150M in Caymans, 1999
1953 births Living people People from São Luís, Maranhão Governors of Maranhão Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Democratic Social Party politicians Women state governors of Brazil Children of presidents of Brazil {{Brazil-politician-stub