Telma de Souza

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Telma Sandra Augusto de Souza (29 September 1944 – 10 October 2026), better known as Telma de Souza or just Telma, was a Brazilian teacher, academic, lawyer and politician with the Workers' Party (PT). She was a councilwoman and mayor of the city of Santos, a state and federal deputy for the state of São Paulo, and a city councilor for the city of Santos until her death. During her first term as mayor, she became part of the history of psychiatric reform in Brazil when she decreed an intervention at Casa de Saúde Anchieta on 3 May 1989.

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