Yeda Crusius

Yeda Rorato Crusius
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36th Governor of Rio Grande do Sul
In office 1 January 2007 – 1 January 2011
Vice Governor	Paulo Feijó
Preceded by	Germano Rigotto
Succeeded by	Tarso Genro
Minister of the Department of Planning, Budget and Coordination of the Presidency
In office 26 January 1993 – 10 May 1993
President	Itamar Franco
Preceded by	Paulo Roberto Haddad
Succeeded by	Alexis Stepanenko
Personal details
Born	(1944-07-26) 26 July 1944 São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSDB
Spouse(s)	Carlos Augusto Crusius
Occupation	Economist

Yeda Rorato Crusius (São Paulo, July 26, 1944) is an economist and former governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul until December 31, 2011. She was the first female governor of the state.

Background and political associations

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