Raquel Lyra

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Raquel Lyra
Raquel Lyra em maio de 2019 (recorte).jpg
Lyra in May 2019
Mayor of Caruaru
Assumed office
1 January 2017
Preceded byJosé Queiroz de Lima
State Representative for Pernambuco
In office
1 January 2011 – 1 January 2017
Personal details
Born (1978-12-02) 2 December 1978 (age 43)
Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political partyPSDB

Raquel Lyra (born 2 December 1978) is the current mayor of Caruaru, and in the past served in the state legislature from 2011 to 2017.

Personal life[]

Lyra is the daughter of former mayor of Caruaru and former governor of Pernambuco . She is married to Fernando Lucena, and has two sons: Fernando Jr. and João.[1]

Political career[]

Lyra was elected to the state legislative of Pernambuco in the 2010 elections with 49,610 votes.[2] Lyra was reelected in 2014 with around 80,000 votes, being the most voted state representative that election.[3]

Lyra was elected mayor of her hometown Caruaru in 2017 with 53.15% of the vote.[4] She is the first ever woman to be mayor of Caruaru.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lula Tôrres ou Fernando Lucena, quem a prefeita Raquel Lyra apoiara para estadual". Blog de Dilson Oliveira (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Raquel: a mais votada de Caruaru para AL" (in Portuguese). Jornal Vanguarda. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Raquel Lyra é terceira deputada estadual mais votada de Pernambuco" (in Portuguese). NE10. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Com 53,15%, Raquel Lyra vence eleição em Caruaru". Diario de Pernambuco (in Portuguese). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Raquel Lyra é a primeira mulher eleita prefeita de Caruaru" (in Portuguese). NE10. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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