Miguel Arraes

Miguel Arraes de Alencar (15 December 1916 – 13 August 2005) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Recife, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of Pernambuco.[1][2][3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Arraes and the second or paternal family name is Alencar.
Miguel Arraes
Arraes in 2004
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
In office
1 February 2003 – 21 July 2005
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 January 1995
In office
1 February 1983 – 1 February 1987
Governor of Pernambuco
In office
1 January 1995 – 31 December 1998
Vice GovernorJorge José Gomes
Preceded byJoaquim Francisco
Succeeded byJarbas Vasconcelos
In office
15 March 1987 – 1 April 1990
Vice GovernorCarlos Wilson
Preceded byGustavo Krause
Succeeded byCarlos Wilson
In office
31 January 1963 – 2 April 1964
Vice GovernorPaulo Pessoa Guerra
Preceded byCid Sampaio
Succeeded byPaulo Pessoa Guerra
Mayor of Recife
In office
1 January 1960 – 1 January 1963
Preceded byPelópidas da Silveira
Succeeded byLiberato da Costa Júnior
State Deputy of Pernambuco
In office
1 February 1951 – 1 February 1959
Personal details
Born(1916-12-15)15 December 1916
Araripe, Ceará, Brazil
Died13 August 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 88)
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party
  • PSD (1950–1959)
  • PST (1959–1964)
  • PMDB (1980–1990)
  • PSB (1990–2005)
Spouses
Célia de Sousa Leão
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(m. 1945; died 1961)​
    Maria Magdalena Fiúza
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    (m. 1963)​
    Children10
    Parents
    • José Almino Alencar e Silva (father)
    • Maria Benigna Arraes (mother)
    Relatives
    Alma materLaw School of Recife (LL.B.)

    Birth

    Arraes was born in Araripe in the state of Ceará, but moved to Pernambuco after graduating from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law.[2][3]

    Imprisonment and exile

    In the military takeover of the government of Brazil in 1964 Arraes was jailed and exiled. He initially refused to resign as governor of Pernambuco and was jailed by the military government in a political prison on the island of Fernando de Noronha. Arraes remained in prison for 11 months before being granted asylum in Algeria. He remained there for 14 years and returned to Brazil in 1979.[1][2][3]

    See also

    References
    1. Cavalcanti, Luiz (2013). Pernambuco : uma história política. Recife: Edições Bagaço. pp. 133–138. ISBN 9788537309339.
    2. "Obituary: Miguel Arraes". The Guardian. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017.
    3. "Miguel Arraes de Alencar" (in Portuguese). Recife, Brazil: Governo de Pernambuco. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
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