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Rosalba Ciarlini | |
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56th Governor of Rio Grande do Norte | |
In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Iberê Ferreira |
Succeeded by | Robinson Faria |
Senator forRio Grande do Norte | |
In office February 1, 2007 – December 31, 2010 | |
Mayor ofMossoró | |
In office January 1, 1989 – December 31, 1992 January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2004 January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-10-26)October 26, 1952 (age 72) Mossoró,RN |
Political party | PDT (1986–1992) PFL (1992–2007) DEM (2007–2016) PP (2016–present) |
Profession | Doctor |
Rosalba Scotia Ciarlini Rosado (Mossoró, October 26, 1952) is a medicaldoctor andBrazilian politician. Affiliated with thePP, she was the governor of the state ofRio Grande do Norte.
Rosalba Ciarlini was born on October 26, 1952, in Mossoró,[1] Ciarlini is of Italian descent, and granddaughter ofItalian Pietro Ciarlini, one of the first professional soccer players in Rio Grande do Norte.[2] She is a pediatrician with a degree fromFederal University of Rio Grande do Norte. She was president of the branch ofUnimed inMossoró.
She is married to Carlos Augusto Rosado, son of former GovernorDix-Sept Rosado and has four children. Her husband's sister, Ruth Ciarlini, was a state representative and is now deputy mayor of Mossoró.
She made her political debut in 1988 when she was elected mayor of Mossoró, for the first time, under theDemocratic Labor Party banner. In 1994, she ran for vice governor on the gubernatorial ticket headed byLavoisier Maia Sobrinho, but was defeated byGaribaldi Alves Filho in the first round. She was elected mayor again in 1996 and re-elected in 2000.
In 2006 she was elected senator forRio Grande do Norte after a hard race against then-SenatorFernando Bezerra, with a margin of 0.76% of the votes.[3] She was chairwoman of the Senate Social Affairs Committee from 2009 to 2010.
In state elections in Rio Grande do Norte in 2010, she was elected governor in the first round with 52.46% of the votes.[4] Her vice governor isRobinson Faria.