Iberê Ferreira

Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza (February 27, 1944 – September 13, 2014) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Ferreira served as the Governor of Rio Grande do Norte from March 31, 2010, until January 1, 2011, as well as the Vice Governor of Rio Grande do Norte from January 1, 2007, until March 30, 2010. He also held office as a federal deputy in the Chamber of Deputies for five terms from 1987 until 2006 and a member of the Rio Grande do Norte state legislature from 1971 to 1979.

He studied law at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and business law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro. He largely retired from politics after leaving office on January 1, 2011. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2010. He had also been hospitalized on June 2, 2014, for bacterial meningitis.