Miguel Arraes de Alencar (15 December 1916 – 13 August 2005) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of
Recife
That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15)
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, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
.
Birth
Arraes was born in
Araripe in the state of
Ceará
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, but moved to
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
after graduating from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law (Portuguese: ''Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro'' (UFRJ)), also known as the National Faculty of Law (Portuguese: ''Faculdade Nacional de Direito''), is a law ...
.
Imprisonment and exile
In the
military takeover of the government of Brazil in 1964 Arraes was jailed and exiled. He initially refused to resign as governor of Pernambuco and was jailed by the
military government
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in a political prison on the island of
Fernando de Noronha
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. Arraes remained in prison for 11 months before being granted asylum in
Algeria
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. He remained there for 14 years and returned to Brazil in 1979.
See also
*
List of mayors of Recife
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Recife, Brazil.
* , 1891
* Francisco do Rego Barros Lacerda, 1891-1892
* Manuel Pinto Damaso, 1892-1893
* , 1893-1896
* , 1896-1899
* Luiz Cavalcanti de Almeida, 1899
* Esmeraldino Olímpio de ...
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1916 births
2005 deaths
Brazilian Socialist Party politicians
Governors of Pernambuco
20th-century Brazilian lawyers
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Brazilian exiles
Brazilian expatriates in Algeria
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
Mayors of Recife
Arraes family
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