title: Governor of Pernambuco
text: # Governor of Pernambuco
  
  The Governor of the State of Pernambuco is the chief executive of the state of Pernambuco. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Pernambuco's state government. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her Excellency while in office. The incumbent governor is Raquel Lyra, affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Lyra won the 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election and was sworn in as the 58th governor of the state of Pernambuco on January 1, 2023.
  
  