Hana Ghassan

Hana Ghassan
Ghassan in 2023
Governor of Pará
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2026
Preceded byHelder Barbalho
Vice Governor of Pará
In office
1 January 2023 – 2 April 2026
GovernorHelder Barbalho
Preceded byLúcio Vale
Personal details
Born (1968-01-16) 16 January 1968
Belém, Pará, Brazil
PartyBrazilian Democratic Movement

Hana Ghassan Tuma (born 16 January 1968) is a Brazilian politician serving as vice governor of Pará since 2023.[1] She served as secretary of planning and administration of Pará from 2019 to 2022 and from January to August 2025.[2][3][4]

Biography

Early life and education

Hanna Ghassan was born in 1968 in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará. She is married to Dr. José Roberto Tuma. She holds a degree in Accounting from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA).[5]

political career

She has also served as the Municipal Secretary of Planning, Budget, and Finance and as the Municipal Secretary of Health and Infrastructure for the municipality of Ananindeua, as well as the Municipal Secretary of Finance for the municipality of Belém. In January 2019, she was appointed Secretary of Planning and Management (Seplad), a position she held until March 2022, when she was succeeded by Evanildo Ledo. In August of that same year, Governor Helder Barbalho confirmed her as his running mate for his re-election campaign.[6]

She was elected Vice Governor of Pará on Helder Barbalho's ticket in the first round, securing 70% of the valid votes, and was one of six women elected as vice governor in Brazil in 2022.In early 2025, Ghassan resumed leadership of the Secretariat of Planning and Management, which remained under the administration of Governor Helder Barbalho. On April 2, 2026, following Barbalho's resignation to run for the Senate, she was sworn in as the new state governor. Hanna is the second woman to lead the executive branch in Pará since Ana Júlia Carepa; she is also the first female civil servant to attain this position and the second vice governor—following Carlos Santos (PP)—to become the head of the state of Pará.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Helder Barbalho toma posse como governador reeleito e promete que Pará vai continuar crescendo" (in Portuguese). Agência Pará de Notícias. 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hanna Ghassan – vice-governadora". Portal Política (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ "Vice-governadora do Pará assume a Seplad". g1 (in Portuguese). 2 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hana Ghassan deixa o cargo de secretária de Planejamento e Administração; veja quem assume". O Liberal (in Portuguese). 18 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gabinete Vice-Governadoria - Governo do Pará". www.pa.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Mendonça, Caue. "Secretária de Planejamento e Administração conhece as instalações da Sead - SEPLAD - Secretaria de Planejamento e Administração". seplad.pa.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Menezes, Carol (1 April 2026). "Transição no comando do Estado: Hana Ghassan assume governo nesta quinta, 2". Diário do Pará (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2026.


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