Maria da Conceição Gayer

Maria da Conceição Gayer (May 4, 1949 – December 5, 2006) was a Brazilian lawyer, police officer and politician. She served as a Goiânia city councillor and Goiás state deputy. Plínio Gayer committed suicide on the premises of the Chamber of Deputies in Rio de Janeiro on July 8, 1953.

The daughter of Mauro Ferreira de Lima and Zilah Gayer de Lima, Maria was born in the town of Caiapônia, in the interior of the state of Goiás, in 1949. He began his political engagement while still at school in the Nestório Ribeiro Student Guild in the city of Jataí, still in the interior of the state. With a family connection to the PSD, in 1965 she founded the women's wing of the party in the city. She also worked as a director of women's social clubs, in philanthropic institutions – such as in Goiânia – and was a consumer protection delegate. In 1982, she was elected as a city councillor for the party, was the most voted candidate in the election, receiving a total of 10,003 votes. She was the first woman of history to become president of , albeit for a short time (February 1–9, 1983). Between 1983 and 1984 she was Secretary of Government for Extraordinary Affairs in the Íris Rezende government.

She left the MDB and was one of the founders of the (PDC) in Goiás. In , as a member of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), she stood for re-election. He won only 772 votes and was left as an alternate.

Electoral performance + Year Office Party Votes Result Ref. 1982 Councillor of Goiânia MDB 10,003 Frederico Gayer, who is married to Luana Ribeiro, a state deputy for Tocantins ex-representing and the daughter of Senator . In March 2014, Frederico Gayer was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison, to be served in a closed regime, for aggravated homicide in connection with the death of Hebert Resende. The crime occurred in the early hours of April 5, 1997, in front of the Draft nightclub in Goiânia. At the time, Frederico Gayer was serving as a police officer, appointed by the Goiás state government without having passed a public civil service exam.

Death Maria died at the age of 57 in Goiânia after suffering a heart attack.