João Alves Filho (3 July 1941 – 24 November 2020) was a Brazilian politician and civil engineer.

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He served as governor of the state of

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. S ...

from 1983 to 1987, from 1991 to 1995, and from 2003 to 2007. From 1987 to 1990 he was Brazilian Minister of the Interior. He was married to senator

Maria do Carmo Alves Maria do Carmo do Nascimento Alves (born August 23, 1941) is a Brazilian politician. She has represented Sergipe in the Federal Senate since 1999. She is a member of the Brazil Union (UNIÃO). She voted in favor of impeaching Dilma Rousseff ...

. He was accused of accepting bribes in public works projects, as uncovered in Operação Navalha. He died on 24 November 2020, aged 79 after being hospitalized at Sírio Libanês Hospital in Brasília due to a

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and, posteriorly, diagnosed with

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ...

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