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Brazilian politician, mayor of Lauro de Freitas and federal deputy for Bahia

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Born (1958-07-04) July 4, 1958 (age 67)

Moema Gramacho
Moema Gramacho in 2016

State Deputy of Bahia
In office 2002–1998
Mayor of Lauro de Freitas
In office 2005–2012

Personal details
Born	(1958-07-04) July 4, 1958 (age 67) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Party	Workers' Party

Moema Isabel Passos Gramacho (Salvador, July 4, 1958), better known as Moema Gramacho, is a Brazilian biologist, chemist, and politician.^[1] She is affiliated with the Workers' Party.^[1]^[2] She served as mayor of Lauro de Freitas for four terms and as a State and Federal Deputy for Bahia.

She was a city councilor in Salvador in 1997, an alternate state deputy between 1995 and 1999 and made a full-fledged deputy in January 1997, elected state deputy in 1998, re-elected in 2002 and resigned on December 30, 2004.^[1]

She served as mayor of Lauro de Freitas from 2005 to 2012, having received several awards as an entrepreneurial mayor (for the creation of the Municipal Program for Accelerating Work, Employment and Income)^[3]^[4] and “best mayor in the Americas” by the Organização Brasil Américas.^[2] She established the first sickle cell disease reference center in Bahia^[5] and inaugurated the first public maternity hospital in Lauro de Freitas,^[6] which was closed the following year during her successor's term.^[7]

In 2013 she assumed the State Secretariat for Social Development and Poverty Alleviation.^[8] In 2014, she was elected federal deputy.^[2] In 2016 she was elected mayor of Lauro de Freitas again, with 52.34% of the valid votes.^[9] In 2020 she was elected mayor of Lauro de Freitas for the fourth time.^[10]

References

1 2 3 "Dep. Moema Gramacho". www.al.ba.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
1 2 3 "Deputada MOEMA GRAMACHO - Câmara dos Deputados". www.camara.leg.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "ASN - Município de Lauro de Freitas, na Bahia, leva o Prêmio Prefeito Empreendedor". www.ba.agenciasebrae.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "Moema Gramacho foi a grande vencedora do Prêmio Prefeito Empreendedor". Salobro Bahia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-28.
↑ "Lauro de Freitas inagura o Primeiro Centro de Assistência à Doença Falciforme". IG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
↑ Total, Rinha Comunicação. "Governo inaugura Maternidade em Lauro de Freitas". Varela Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "Maternidade é fechada após um ano; contratos perderam validade". Correio 24 Horas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "Moema Gramacho é nomeada secretária estadual, anuncia governo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2013-04-08. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "Moema Gramacho é eleita e volta à prefeitura de Lauro de Freitas". Correio 24 Horas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
↑ "Moema Gramacho, do PT, é reeleita prefeita de Lauro de Freitas". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2025-11-28.

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