Miguel Arraes de Alencar (15 December 1916 – 13 August 2005) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of

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, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of

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Birth

Arraes was born in Araripe in the state of

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, but moved to

after graduating from the

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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

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in a political prison on the island of

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. Arraes remained in prison for 11 months before being granted asylum in

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. He remained there for 14 years and returned to Brazil in 1979.

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Birth

Imprisonment and exile

See also

References