Mailza Gomes | |
Office: | Vice Governor of Acre |
Term Start: | 1 January 2023 |
Governor: | Gladson Cameli |
Predecessor: | Wherles da Rocha |
Office1: | Senator for Acre |
Term Start1: | 1 January 2019 |
Term End1: | 1 January 2023 |
Birth Name: | Mailza Assis da Silva |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1976 |
Birth Place: | Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
Party: | PP (2016–present) |
Otherparty: | PSDB (2007–2016) |
Alma Mater: | Federal University of Acre (LL.B.) |
Mailza Assis da Silva (born 10 December 1976) better known as Mailza Gomes is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Mato Grosso do Sul she has spent her political career representing Acre, having served as state senator since 2019.[1]
Gomes is married to James Gomes, the former mayor of Senador Guiomard.[2] She is an alumnus of the Federal University of Acre. She has two children.[2]
Gomes was not elected in the 2018 Brazilian general election, but as current senator Gladson Cameli was elected governor of Acre, she was chosen as his replacement in the senate.[3] She is only the fourth women to serve in the federal senate from Acre, the others being Íris Célia Cabanellas, Laélia de Alcântara, and Marina Silva.[2]