Aurélio de Lira Tavares

Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905 – 18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lira and the second or paternal family name is Tavares.
Aurélio de Lira Tavares
Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
In office
31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969
Interim President of Brazil
Other political offices
Minister of the Army
In office
15 March 1967 – 30 October 1969
PresidentArtur da Costa e Silva
Preceded byAdemar de Queirós
Succeeded byOrlando Geisel
Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet
In office
12 June 1963 – 18 October 1963
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byAlbino Silva
Succeeded byArgemiro de Assis Brasil
In office
19 September 1961 – 12 July 1962
Prime MinisterBrochado da Rocha
Preceded byAmaury Kruel
Succeeded byAmaury Kruel
Personal details
Born
Aurélio de Lira Tavares

(1905-11-07)7 November 1905
João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Died18 November 1998(1998-11-18) (aged 93)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Branch/service Brazil Brazilian Army
Rank General

During the government of the junta, the American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.

Tavares was born in João Pessoa.

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