Post: | Governor |
Body: | Pernambuco |
Insignia: | Raquel Lyra - Criança e Juventude (5297972436).jpg |
Incumbent: | Raquel Lyra |
Incumbentsince: | 1 January 2023 |
Style: | Her Excellency |
Termlength: | Four years (renewable once) |
Residence: | Recife, Pernambuco |
Inaugural: | José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima |
Formation: | November 16, 1889 |
Deputy: | Raul Henry |
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]