Aureliano Chaves

Aureliano Chaves

Aureliano Chaves (1982)
Personal details
Born 13 January 1929
Três Pontas, Brazil
Died 30 April 2003
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Aureliano Chaves (January 13, 1929  April 30, 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, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil. After the elections of 1989 he retired from politics.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Vice President of Brazil
1979–1985
Succeeded by
José Sarney


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