Tancredo Neves

Tancredo de Almeida Neves ( March 4 , 1910 - April 21 , 1985 ) was a Brazil ian Banker and 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 , the 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 crisis grew and 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 was not accepted.

On January 15 , 1985 Tancredo Neves was elected to the Presidency by a majority of the members of Congress . 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 .

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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