Wilma de Faria explained

Wilma de Faria
Office:Natal City Alderman
Term Start:1 January 2017
Term End:15 June 2017
Office2:Vice Mayor of Natal
Term Start2:1 January 2013
Term End2:1 January 2017
Predecessor2:Paulinho Freire
Successor2:Álvaro Costa Dias
Mayor2:Carlos Eduardo Alves
Office3:54th Governor of Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start3:1 January 2003
Term End3:31 March 2010
Predecessor3:Fernando Freire
Successor3:Iberê Ferreira
Office4:38th Mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start4:1 January 1997
Term End4:5 April 2002
Predecessor4:Aldo Tinoco
Successor4:Carlos Eduardo Alves
Office5:36th Mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start5:1 January 1989
Term End5:1 January 1993
Predecessor5:Garibaldi Alves Filho
Successor5:Aldo Tinoco
Office6:Member of the federal Chamber of Deputies for Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start6:1986
Term End6:1988
Office7:State Secretary of Labor and Social Well-being of Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start7:1983
Term End7:1985
Office8:First Lady of Rio Grande do Norte
Term Start8:15 March 1979
Term End8:14 May 1982
Predecessor8:Teresa Maia
Successor8:Anita Louise Catalão Maia
Governor8:Lavoisier Maia
Birth Date:1945 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Death Place:Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Profession:Academic

Wilma de Faria (17 February 1945 – 15 June 2017) was a Brazilian politician. She served as the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte from 2003 to 2010, the first woman to hold the position. She was a member of the AVANTE.[1]

Death

Wilma de Faria died on 15 June 2017, aged 72, at São Lucas Nursing Home, in Natal, due to multiple organ failure. She was also victim of a cancer in the digestive system, diagnosed two years before.

Her corpse was veiled at Our Lady of the Presentation Cathedral and later buried at Morada da Paz Cemetery.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilma de Faria is re-elected Governor of Rio Grande do Norte. 30 October 2006. 11 September 2010. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031323/http://www.natal-brazil.com/blog/2006/10/wilma-de-faria-is-re-elected-governor.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Morre ex-governadora Wilma de Faria. Wilma de Faria, former governor, dies. Tribuna do Norte. 16 June 2017. Tribunadonorte.com.br. 8 June 2020. Portuguese.