Governor of Pernambuco

Governor of Pernambuco
Standard of the governor
Incumbent Raquel Lyra since 1 January 2023
Style	Madam Governor or even simply Governor (informal) Most Excellent Madam Governor (formal) Her Excellency (alternative formal, diplomatic)
Residence	Recife, Pernambuco
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holder	José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima
Formation	16 November 1889
Deputy	Vice Governor of Pernambuco
Website	www.pe.gov.br

The Governor of the State of Pernambuco is the chief executive of the state of Pernambuco. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Pernambuco's state government. ^[1] The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her Excellency while in office. The incumbent governor is Raquel Lyra, affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Lyra won the 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election ^[2] and was sworn in as the 58th governor of the state of Pernambuco on January 1, 2023. ^[3]

References

1. Dom, Phillips; Paulo, São (13 August 2014). "Death of Presidential Candidate Shocks Brazil". Time. Time . Retrieved 30 July 2022.
2. Madeiro, Carlos (30 October 2022). "Após morte do marido, Raquel Lyra vence Marília e é 1ª governadora de PE". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
3. Benevides, Gabriel (1 January 2023). "Raquel Lyra toma posse em Pernambuco: "Mudar é uma necessidade"". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese).

See also

• 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election
• Politics of Pernambuco