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Tancredo de Almeida Neves, more commonly
Tancredo Neves (
pron. ) (
March 4,
1910 -
April 21,
1985) was a
Brazilian
politician. He was born in
São João del Rei, in the state of
Minas Gerais, and graduated in
law. He began his political career as a member of the
legislative chamber of his hometown in
1934, and was elected in
1947 to the Minas Gerais state legislature. Three years later he became a representative of his state in the
Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. In
1953 he was appointed by President
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas to be the Minister of Justice. Neves served in that post until Vargas committed suicide in
1954. In
1960, Neves ran unsuccessfully for governor of Minas Gerais.
During the political crisis that began with the resignation of President
Jânio da Silva Quadros on
August 25,
1961, a
parliamentary system was installed in Brazil. Tancredo Neves was appointed as
Prime Minister by President
João Goulart and served from September
1961 until July
1962. The parliamentary system was abolished by
plebiscite in January
1963. Goulart was overthrown in
1964 and Neves, who had up to that point been considered a moderate politician, became an opponent to the military regime in the
Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He was elected
senator in
1978 and
governor of Minas Gerais in
1982. In
1984, he was one of the leaders of the
Diretas Já movement that demanded direct elections for
President of Brazil. Neves was the candidate of the opposition to succeed President
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. Their bid wasn't accepted.
On
January 15,
1985 Tancredo Neves was elected to the Presidency by a majority of the members of the Electoral College. However, just one day before he was scheduled to take the oath of office (
March 15, 1985), Neves became severely ill. He suffered from abdominal complications and developed generalized infections. After seven operations, Tancredo Neves died on
April 21, 1985. He was succeeded by
José Sarney. Neves's ordeal was intensively covered by the Brazilian media and followed with anxiety by the whole nation, who had seen in him the way out of the authoritarian regime into what he'd called a "New Republic" (
Nova República). His death caused an outpouring of national grief. Tancredo Neves is counted among the official list of
presidents of Brazil as a matter of homage and honour, since technically he never became president.
The
Tancredo Neves International Airport in
Belo Horizonte is named after him.
The current governor of Minas Gerais,
Aécio Neves, is the grandson of Tancredo Neves.
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