Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena (born 2 December 1978) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and the current governor of Pernambuco since 2023.

[2] Lyra was elected mayor of her hometown Caruaru in 2017 with 53.15% of the vote.

[4] In 31 March 2022 she resigned to the office of mayor of Caruaru in order to run in the 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election as a candidate.

[6] Raquel was elected governor of Pernambuco on 30 October 2022, after obtaining 58.70% of the valid votes in the second round and defeating Marília Arraes, who obtained 41.30% of the votes.

She is the widow of Fernando Lucena who died on the day of the first round of the 2022 Brazilian general election.