Aureliano Chaves

Aureliano Chaves (13 January 1929 – 30 April 2003) was a Brazilian politician.

Aureliano Chaves
19th Vice President of Brazil
In office 15 March 1979 – 15 March 1985
President	João Figueiredo
Preceded by	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Succeeded by	José Sarney
Minister of Mines and Energy
In office 15 March 1985 – 22 December 1988
President	José Sarney
Preceded by	César Cals
Succeeded by	Iris Rezende
Governor of Minas Gerais
In office 15 March 1975 – 5 July 1978
Vice Governor	Levindo Ozanam Coelho
Preceded by	Rondon Pacheco
Succeeded by	Levindo Ozanam Coelho
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1967 – 1 February 1975
Constituency	Minas Gerais
State Deputy of Minas Gerais
In office 1 February 1959 – 1 February 1967
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	(1929-01-13)13 January 1929 Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	30 April 2003(2003-04-30) (aged 74) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	UDN (Before 1966) ARENA (1966–1979) PDS (1979–1985) PFL (1985–2003)
Spouse	Vivi Chaves

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.^[1]

After the democratization of Brazil, 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