Brazil's first female state governor was Roseana Sarney, elected in 1994 (and re-elected in 1998) as the chief executive of the state of Maranhão, representing the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Other women have held governorships since then, either elected in their own right or appointed on an interim basis.
Female governors
- Acre
- Iolanda Fleming, 1986 – March 15, 1987
- Amapá
- Dalva Figueiredo, April 5, 2002 – January 1, 2003
- Distrito Federal
- Maria de Lourdes Abadia, March 15, 2006 – January 1, 2007
- Maranhão
- Roseana Sarney, PMDB, January 1, 1995 – April 6, 2002 and April 17, 2009 – December 10, 2014
- Pará
- Ana Julia Carepa, PT, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
- Pernambuco
- Beatriz de Albuquerque, April 18, 1553 – July 30, 1553
- Maria Margarida de Castro e Albuquerque, September 24, 1658 – October 25, 1689
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Wilma de Faria, PSB, January 1, 2003 – March 31, 2010
- Rosalba Ciarlini, DEM, January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015
- Fátima Bezerra, PT, January 1, 2019 – incumbent
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Yeda Crusius, PSDB, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010
- Rio de Janeiro
- Benedita da Silva, PT, April 5, 2002 – January 1, 2003
- Rosinha Garotinho, PMDB, January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007
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- Brasil terá número recorde de governadoras Terra, 30 October 2006
