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A member of the Workers' Party, she is one of the first two openly LGBTQ governors in Brazil's history, identifying as a lesbian woman.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 May 1955","date":"1955-05-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Picuí","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2008685"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37226"},{"text":"trade unionist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15627169"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Workers' Party (since 15 October 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657089","start":"1987-10-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3847505"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"governor of Rio Grande do Norte (since 1 January 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53739366","start":"2019-01-01"},{"text":"member of the Senate of Brazil (2015–2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18964326","start":"2015","end":"2019"},{"text":"federal deputy of Rio Grande do Norte (since 2003)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59401955","start":"2003"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1tima_Bezerra","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Fátima Bezerra born?","a":"Fátima Bezerra was born on 19 May 1955 in Picuí."},{"q":"What positions has Fátima Bezerra held?","a":"Positions held by Fátima Bezerra include: governor of Rio Grande do Norte (since 1 January 2019); member of the Senate of Brazil (2015–2019); federal deputy of Rio Grande do Norte (since 2003)."},{"q":"Where did Fátima Bezerra study?","a":"Fátima Bezerra was educated at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte."}],"related":[{"name":"Garibaldi Alves Filho","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/garibaldi-alves-filho"},{"name":"Geraldo Melo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/geraldo-melo"},{"name":"José Agripino Maia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-agripino-maia"},{"name":"Lavoisier Maia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lavoisier-maia"},{"name":"Robinson Faria","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robinson-faria"},{"name":"Wilma de Faria","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilma-de-faria"},{"name":"Getúlio Vargas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/getulio-vargas"},{"name":"Hermes da Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hermes-da-fonseca"},{"name":"José Linhares","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-linhares"},{"name":"Nereu Ramos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nereu-ramos"},{"name":"Itamar Franco","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/itamar-franco"},{"name":"Tião Viana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tiao-viana"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/fatima-bezerra-208b379886.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Agência Brasília from Brasília, Brasil","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A1tima_Bezerra_in_2023_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Fátima Bezerra","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1tima_Bezerra","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q10286993","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10286993","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Fátima Bezerra in 2023 (cropped).jpg by Agência Brasília from Brasília, Brasil (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A1tima_Bezerra_in_2023_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Fátima Bezerra, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Fátima Bezerra in 2023 (cropped).jpg — Agência Brasília from Brasília, Brasil, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Fátima Bezerra\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/fatima-bezerra. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:58:27Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/fatima-bezerra","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/fatima-bezerra","ne":null}}