Teotonio Vilela Filho

Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho (Viçosa, Alagoas, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He is a son of Alagoas couple Teotônio Brandão Vilela and Lenita Quintela. Brandão Vilela's degree in economics from the University of Brasilia (UNB), majoring in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Teotônio Vilela Filho
Governor of Alagoas
In office
January 1, 2007  January 1, 2015
Vice GovernorWanderley Neto
Preceded byLuís Abílio
Succeeded byRenan Filho
Senator for Alagoas
In office
February 1, 1987  January 1, 2007
Personal details
Born
Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho

(1951-01-29) January 29, 1951
Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (1988–present)
Other political
affiliations
PMDB (1986–88)
ParentTeotônio Vilela (father)
Alma materUniversity of Brasília (BEc)
ProfessionEconomist

He is one of the sons of the former senator Teôtonio Vilela, and was one of the founders of the PSDB. In 1986, he won his first Senate elections, becoming, at the time, the youngest senator to ever take office in Brazil.[1] He was reelected for that in 1994 and 2002. In 2006 he was elected the governor of Alagoas, being reelected in 2010.

In 1997, Vilela was awarded as Honorary Knight of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[2]

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