Yeda Crusius

Brazilian economist and politician
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Yeda Rorato Crusius
Crusius in 2017
Federal Deputy for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
5 January 2017 – 1 February 2019
In office
1 February 1995 – 1 January 2007
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 January 2011
Vice GovernorPaulo Feijó
Preceded byGermano Rigotto
Succeeded byTarso Genro
Minister of Planning, Budget and Coordination of the Presidency
In office
26 January 1993 – 10 May 1993
PresidentItamar Franco
Preceded byPaulo Roberto Haddad
Succeeded byAlexis Stepanenko
Personal details
Born (1944-07-26) 26 July 1944 (age 79)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPSDB
SpouseCarlos Augusto Crusius
OccupationEconomist

Yeda Rorato Crusius (born July 26, 1944) is an economist and was governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul from January 1, 2007, until December 31, 2010.[1] She was the first female governor of the state.[2] She wrote her autobiography.[3]

Background and political associations

She graduated in Economics from the University of São Paulo and Vanderbilt University. She has been living in Porto Alegre since 1970, when she married Carlos Augusto Crusius. In 1990, she joined PSDB.

Court cases

Crusius was accused of environmental crimes during her tenure as Rio Grande do Sul governor but was acquitted by Gilmar Mendes.[4] She was also prosecuted for alleged corruption and money laundering activities in 2006 and 2010 involving the Odebrecht Group.[5] This Brazilian conglomerate was accused of making payments for Crusius' congressional campaign.[6] The In 2019, the 3rd Federal Court of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, convicted her for administrative misconduct over a fraud scheme that involved Rio Grande do Sul State Traffic Department (Detran-RS), the Technology and Science Support Foundation (Fatec), and the Educational and Cultural Foundation for Development.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ^ Wilson Center website article
  3. ^ Yeda Crusius (17 August 2017). Coragem e Determinação: Um Infinito Ainda Por Fazer. AGE. ISBN 978-85-8343-074-2. OCLC 953836599.
  4. ^ Bragança, Daniele (2017-06-02). "STF absolve Yeda Crusius por crime ambiental". ((o))eco (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  5. ^ "Lista de todos os citados nos inquéritos abertos e nas petições encaminhadas por Fachin". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). April 12, 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  6. ^ "Braskem é citada em cinco dos inquéritos abertos por Fachin". Valor Econômico (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  7. ^ "Ex-governadora do RS Yeda Crusius é condenada por fraude investigada na Operação Rodin". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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Governors of Rio Grande do Sul (1889–present)
  1. Correia da Câmara
  2. Júlio Anacleto Falcão da Frota
  3. Francisco da Silva Tavares
  4. Carlos Machado de Bittencourt
  5. Cândido José da Costa
  6. Fernando Abbot
  7. Júlio Prates de Castilhos
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  9. Vitoriano Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro
  10. Fernando Abbot
  11. Júlio Prates de Castilhos
  12. Borges de Medeiros
  13. Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves
  14. Borges de Medeiros
  15. Getúlio Vargas
  16. Oswaldo Aranha
  17. Sinval Saldanha
  18. José Antônio Flores da Cunha
  19. Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho
  20. Joaquim Maurício Cardoso
  21. Cordeiro de Farias
  22. Ernesto Dornelles
  23. Samuel Figueiredo da Silva
  24. Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa
  25. Walter Só Jobim
  26. Ernesto Dornelles
  27. Ildo Meneghetti
  28. Leonel Brizola
  29. Ildo Meneghetti
  30. Walter Peracchi Barcelos
  31. Euclides Triches
  32. Sinval Guazzelli
  33. José Augusto Amaral de Souza
  34. Jair Soares
  35. Pedro Simon
  36. Sinval Guazzelli
  37. Alceu Collares
  38. Antônio Britto
  39. Olívio Dutra
  40. Germano Rigotto
  41. Yeda Crusius
  42. Tarso Genro
  43. José Ivo Sartori
  44. Eduardo Leite
  45. Ranolfo Vieira Júnior
  46. Eduardo Leite
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