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(Redirected from Wilma Maria de Faria) Brazilian politician (1945–2017)

Wilma de Faria
Wilma de Faria in 2006
Natal City Alderman
In office
1 January 2017 – 15 June 2017
Vice Mayor of Natal
In office
1 January 2013 – 1 January 2017
Preceded byPaulinho Freire
Succeeded byÁlvaro Costa Dias
54th Governor of Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1 January 2003 – 31 March 2010
Vice GovernorAntônio Jácome (2003-2007)
Iberê Ferreira (2007-2010)
Preceded byFernando Freire
Succeeded byIberê Ferreira
38th Mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1 January 1997 – 5 April 2002
Preceded byAldo Tinoco
Succeeded byCarlos Eduardo Alves
36th Mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
Preceded byGaribaldi Alves Filho
Succeeded byAldo Tinoco
Member of the federal Chamber of Deputies for Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1986–1988
State Secretary of Labor and Social Well-being of Rio Grande do Norte
In office
1983–1985
First Lady of Rio Grande do Norte
In office
15 March 1979 – 14 May 1982
GovernorLavoisier Maia
Preceded byTeresa Maia
Succeeded byAnita Louise Catalão Maia
Personal details
Born(1945-02-17)17 February 1945
Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Died15 June 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 72)
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Political partyAVANTE (2016–2017)
Other political
affiliations		ARENA (1965–1980)
PDS (1980–1988)
PDT (1988–1994)
PSB (1994–2016)
AVANTE (2016–2017)
Spouse Lavoisier Maia ​ ​(m. 1959; div. 1991)​
ProfessionAcademic

Wilma de Faria (17 February 1945 – 15 June 2017) was a Brazilian politician. She served as the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte from 2003 to 2010, the first woman to hold the position. She was a member of the AVANTE.

Death

Wilma de Faria died on 15 June 2017, aged 72, at São Lucas Nursing Home, in Natal, due to multiple organ failure. She was also victim of a cancer in the digestive system, diagnosed two years before.

Her corpse was veiled at Our Lady of the Presentation Cathedral and later buried at Morada da Paz Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. "Wilma de Faria is re-elected Governor of Rio Grande do Norte". 30 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  2. "Morre ex-governadora Wilma de Faria" [Wilma de Faria, former governor, dies]. Tribunadonorte.com.br (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Norte. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.


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