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Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena (born 2 December 1978) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician who has served as governor of Pernambuco since 2023. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Born in Recife and raised in Caruaru, Lyra studied law and became a delegate of the Federal Police. She later worked positions in the state government of Eduardo Campos. A member of a political family, she is the daughter of former governor João Lyra Neto. She was elected state deputy in 2010 as a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). During her first term, she served as Pernambuco's Secretary of Children and Youth from 2011 to 2012, and was reelected in 2014. Lyra left the PSB in 2016 and joined the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB). That year she was elected mayor of Caruaru in a runoff, becoming the first woman to hold the office, and was reelected in 2020. She resigned in 2022 to run for governor of Pernambuco. After finishing second in the first round, she defeated Marília Arraes in the runoff with 58.70%, becoming the first female governor of Pernambuco. Lyra joined the PSD in 2025. As governor, she won reelection in 2026, defeating former Recife mayor João Campos in the first round, with 53.27% of the vote.
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