The governor is the head of the executive branch of Pernambuco's state government.

[1] The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her Excellency while in office.

The incumbent governor is Raquel Lyra, affiliated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

Lyra won the 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election[2] and was sworn in as the 58th governor of the state of Pernambuco on January 1, 2023.

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