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Antônio Aureliano Chaves De Mendonça
Aureliano Chaves (13 January 1929 – 30 April 2003) was a Brazilian politician. Born in Três Pontas, state of Minas Gerais, he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the ARENA party. He was selected as the governor of Minas Gerais state from 1975 to 1978 and was elected vice-president in 1979 under João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. He acted as president during Figueiredo's health crisis in 1981 and 1983. After the democratization of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ..., he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil. After the elections of 1989 he retired from politics. See also * List of governors of Minas Gerais References 1929 births 2003 deaths People from Três Pontas National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military officer and dictator who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. He was chief of the National Intelligence Service of Brazil, Secret Service (SNI) during the term of his predecessor, Ernesto Geisel, who appointed him to the presidency at the end of his own term. Figueiredo’s presidency continued the political liberalization started under Geisel. Shortly after taking office, he approved a broad Amnesty law#Brazil, amnesty for politicians who had been removed from office under the Institutional Acts. In 1980, the two-party system was abolished, leading to the creation of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) as the successor to the MDB and the Democratic Social Party (PDS) as the successor to National Renewal Alliance, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Renewall Alliance Party
The National Renewal Alliance ( Portuguese: ''Aliança Renovadora Nacional'', ARENA) was a far-right political party that existed in Brazil between 1966 and 1979. It was the official party of the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. ARENA was part of a two-party system enforced by the dictatorship instituted in 1966, where only it and the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) — the "consented opposition" — were allowed. In 1979, a multi-party system was reintroduced to Brazil, both MDB and ARENA were officially dissolved, and the Democratic Social Party (PDS) was founded as a continuation of ARENA. Soon thereafter, PDS had a split which saw the creation of the Liberal Front Party (PFL), current Brazil Union (UNIÃO), while PDS merged with the PDC in 1993 became the Reform Progressive Party (PPR), which became the current Progressives (PP) in 1995. History Until 1965, there were three main parties in Brazil: the populist Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
