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.
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Member of the Brazilian Military Junta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Artur da Costa e Silva (as President) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (as President) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Aurélio de Lira Tavares 7 November 1905 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 November 1998 93) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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