Teresa Surita

Teresa Surita
Mayor of Boa Vista
Assumed office
1 January 2013
Preceded byIradilson Sampaio
In office
1 January 2001 – 31 March 2006
Preceded byOttomar Pinto
Succeeded byIradilson Sampaio
In office
1 January 1993 – 1 January 1997
Preceded byBarac da Silva Bento
Succeeded byOttomar Pinto
Federal Deputy from Roraima
In office
1 February 2011 – 1 January 2013
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 January 1993
Personal details
Born (1956-08-14) 14 August 1956 (age 68)
São Manuel, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyMDB (2006–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • PDS (1990–1993)
  • PPR (1993–1995)
  • PSDB (1995–2003)
  • PPS (2003–2006)
SpouseRomero Jucá (div.)

Maria Teresa Saenz Surita (born 14 August 1956) is a Brazilian politician who is the mayor of Boa Vista, Roraima and a former Federal Deputy from 1990 to 1992 and from 2011 to 2012. Surita is dedicated to issues of social policy and human rights of children and adolescents.

Surita holds a bachelor's degree in tourism.

She also served as National Secretary of Urban Policies of the Ministry of Cities 2009–2010, in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.