Politics of Pernambuco

The executive power has as central figures the governor, who is elected to office by direct vote and has a four-year term with the right to one reelection and a vice-governor, the latter taking over the functions of the former when it's unable to exercise them for any reason; currently the positions are held by Raquel Lyra (PSDB) and Priscila Krause (Cidadania).

The legislative branch is represented by the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco (Assembleia Legislativa de Pernambuco - Alepe), which has 49 state deputies, elected every four years, whose main function is to analyze and vote on bills at the state level; the current president of Alepe is Eriberto Medeiros.

The coat of arms has in its symbolism several elements that can be related to the history of Pernambuco, and the anthem is an exaltation of the conquests and the past of the Pernambucan people.

[12][13] When Count Maurice of Nassau, administrator of the Dutch domains, landed in New Holland on January 23, 1637, he was with artists and intellectuals such as the painter Frans Post and the humanist Elias Herckmans, along with 350 soldiers.

After the end of Maurice's government in 1644, the harmonious climate between the Dutch and the sugarmill lords ceased to exist, and the latter began to act to expel them, which was achieved with the Pernambuco Insurrection of 1654.

[15] After the Dutch invasion, many merchants from Portugal - pejoratively called "mascates" - settled in Recife, bringing prosperity to the town.

[18] Among its causes were the influence of the Enlightenment ideas propagated by Masonic societies, Portuguese monarchical absolutism, and the enormous expenses of the royal family and its entourage newly arrived in Brazil.

The Pernambuco government was obliged to send to Rio de Janeiro large sums of money to fund salaries, food, clothing, and court parties, which made it difficult to face local problems (such as the drought that occurred in 1816), generating great discontent among the Pernambucan and Brazilian people.

[20] Even though it lasted only 74 days, the Pernambucan Revolution was the only emancipationist movement of the period of Portuguese domination that went beyond the conspiratorial phase and reached the revolutionary process of seizing power.

[18][19] The Pernambucan Revolution left a strong legacy in the history of Pernambuco, being a movement that marks the identity of the state, one of the main proofs of this being its current flag.

[23] The central objective was the creation of a sovereign state separate from the empire, with sovereignty and autonomy of the confederated provinces.

[23][24] The central government, in Rio de Janeiro, carefully watched the development of the revolt and prepared from the beginning the repression.

[23] In the early years of the Brazilian Republic, Recife was still a very influential city: it was second in political-economic importance only to Rio de Janeiro.

[28] In 1966, there was a terrorist attack on General Arthur da Costa e Silva, candidate to the presidency of the republic, while he was landing at Guararapes Airport.

[29] As this was one of the main centers of action of the Military Regime, it was in the metropolis of Pernambuco that the "Diretas Já" movement began in 1983, which expanded throughout the country and was responsible for hastening the end of the dictatorship in Brazil.

[33] The president of the state constituent assembly was João Ferreira Lima Filho and the rapporteur of the constitution was Marcus Antonio Soares da Cunha.

[32][34] On November 20, 2014, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Pernambuco's constitution, Alepe honored with medals the deputies who were part of the constituent assembly and two public servants who participated in the drafting of the document.

1,268, October 8, 2014; the commission responsible for organizing the solemnity was chaired by André Campos, and included the participation of Raquel Lyra[note 1] and Tony Gel.

[36][37] Its headquarters, since 1841, is the Campo das Princesas Palace, located in Recife and built by the engineer Morais Âncora at the behest of the governor Francisco do Rego Barros.

At the time, it was called Court of Appeals of Pernambuco and was established in a space inside the former Jesuits' School of Recife on August 13, 1822.

[90] The idea of building the Palace of Justice originated in the government of Sérgio Loreto, who laid the cornerstone of the building on July 2, 1924, in commemoration of the first centennial of the Confederation of the Equator and who was responsible for several modernization works in the city of Recife due to the influence generated by the urbanization of European metropolises such as Paris.

[90] It was designed by Italian architect Giacomo Palumbo, who had the collaboration of Evaristo de Sá; the built project was the fourth to be presented.

[91] The MPPE is presided over by the attorney general, who is appointed by the governor after evaluation of a triple list and remains in office for a minimum of two years, with no term limits for reappointment; the current incumbent is Marcos Carvalho.

Its discovery in 1503 is attributed to the navigator Amerigo Vespúcio, a participant in the second exploratory expedition to the Brazilian coasts, commanded by Gonçalo Coelho and financed by the Portuguese nobleman Fernão de Loronha, a New Christian who was a lessee of Pau-Brasil extraction.

[103] Since 2007, the government of Pernambuco has had an official transparency portal that is maintained by the Secretariat of the State Comptroller General (Secretaria da Controladoria-Geral do Estado - SCGE).

[110][111] However, there were requests for grade revision by some states and municipalities analyzed by the ranking that year and part of them were accepted by CGU, which released the final result on February 28, 2019.

[124] Pernambuco appears in fifteenth place on the list, with 14 parliamentarians terminated, tying in that position with Pará and Maranhão.

[20] The 1817 flag was made by priest João Ribeiro de Melo Montenegro with the collaboration of Antônio Alvares and tailor José do Ó Barbosa and, after being forgotten for some time, was rescued by governor Manuel Borba for the commemoration of the centenary of the revolution through decree No.

On the banner, the most important historical dates appear: 1710 (Mascate War), 1817 (Pernambucan Revolution), 1824 (Confederation of the Equator), and 1889 (Proclamation of the Republic).

[132] In 2002, during Jarbas Vasconcelos' first term in office, the government acted in partnership with the Recife City Hall and the Secretariat of Tourism to promote a wider dissemination of the anthem through its re-recording in the most varied rhythms, such as frevo, forró, and manguebeat.