Tristão Ferreira da Cunha ( Teófilo Otoni, 27 July 1890

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, 2 January 1974) was a Brazilian

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and

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. In 1934, he was elected constituent state deputy for the Partido Republicano Mineiro, but his term was interrupted by the establishment of the Estado Novo regime. He was father of

Aécio Ferreira da Cunha Aécio Ferreira da Cunha (4 January 1927 in Teófilo Otoni – 3 October 2010 in Belo Horizonte) was a Brazilian politician. Son of politician Tristão Ferreira da Cunha, he married Inês Maria de Faria, daughter of President Tancredo Neves, they ...

and grandfather of Aécio Neves.

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1890 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Brazilian lawyers Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais People from Teófilo Otoni {{Brazil-politician-stub