Yeda Crusius

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]

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 Governor	Paulo Feijó
Preceded by	Germano Rigotto
Succeeded by	Tarso Genro
Minister 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 (age 81) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PSDB
Spouse	Carlos Augusto Crusius
Occupation	Economist

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]