| Yeda Rorato Crusius | |
| Office: | Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul |
| Term Start: | 5 January 2017 |
| Term End: | 1 February 2019 |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 1995 |
| Term End1: | 1 January 2007 |
| Office2: | Governor of Rio Grande do Sul |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2007 |
| Term End2: | 1 January 2011 |
| Vicegovernor2: | Paulo Feijó |
| Predecessor2: | Germano Rigotto |
| Office3: | Minister of Planning, Budget and Coordination of the Presidency |
| Term Start3: | 26 January 1993 |
| Term End3: | 10 May 1993 |
| President3: | Itamar Franco |
| Predecessor3: | Paulo Roberto Haddad |
| Successor3: | Alexis Stepanenko |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1944 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Party: | PSDB |
| Spouse: | Carlos Augusto Crusius |
| Occupation: | Economist |
Yeda Rorato Crusius (born July 26, 1944) is an economist and was governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul from January 1, 2007, until December 31, 2010.[1] She was the first female governor of the state.[2] She wrote her autobiography.[3]
She graduated in Economics from the University of São Paulo and Vanderbilt University. She has been living in Porto Alegre since 1970, when she married Carlos Augusto Crusius. In 1990, she joined PSDB.
Crusius was accused of environmental crimes during her tenure as Rio Grande do Sul governor but was acquitted by Gilmar Mendes.[4] She was also prosecuted for alleged corruption and money laundering activities in 2006 and 2010 involving the Odebrecht Group.[5] This Brazilian conglomerate was accused of making payments for Crusius' congressional campaign.[6] The In 2019, the 3rd Federal Court of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, convicted her for administrative misconduct over a fraud scheme that involved Rio Grande do Sul State Traffic Department (Detran-RS), the Technology and Science Support Foundation (Fatec), and the Educational and Cultural Foundation for Development.[7]