Yeda Rorato Crusius (born July 26, 1944) is an economist and was governor of the Brazilian state of

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from January 1, 2007, until December 31, 2010. She was the first female governor of the state. She wrote her autobiography.

Background and political associations

She graduated in

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from the

University of São Paulo The Universidade de São Paulo (, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil. The university was founded on 25 January 1934, regrouping already existing schools in ...

and

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. She has been living in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

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. She was also prosecuted for alleged corruption and money laundering activities in 2006 and 2010 involving the Odebrecht Group. This Brazilian conglomerate was accused of making payments for Crusius' congressional campaign. 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.

References

1944 births Living people Government ministers of Brazil Brazilian economists Brazilian women economists Brazilian people of Italian descent University of São Paulo alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Governors of Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Women government ministers of Brazil Women state governors of Brazil Brazilian people of German descent Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Rio Grande do Sul {{Brazil-economist-stub