Raquel Lyra

Raquel Lyra
Lyra in 2023
Governor of Pernambuco
Assumed office
1 January 2023
Vice GovernorPriscila Krause
Preceded byPaulo Câmara
Mayor of Caruaru
In office
1 January 2017 – 31 March 2022
Vice MayorRodrigo Pinheiro
Preceded byJosé Queiroz de Lima
Succeeded byRodrigo Pinheiro
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
In office
1 January 2011 – 31 December 2016
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Raquel Teixeira Lyra

(1978-12-02) 2 December 1978 (age 45)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
PSB (2007–2016)
Spouse
Fernando Lucena
(died 2022)
Children2
RelativesFernando Lyra (uncle)
Alma materFederal University of Pernambuco

Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena (born 2 December 1978) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and the current governor of Pernambuco since 2023. Lyra was mayor of Caruaru from 2017 to 2022. A member of a political family, she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco. She is affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) but was a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).