Aurélio de Lira Tavares
President of Brazil (1905-1998)
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.
During the government of the junta, the American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerrilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.
Biography
A student at the Realengo Military School in Rio de Janeiro, he also graduated in law and engineering.
He commanded the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion in Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, from June 27, 1950 to November 14, 1952.
He was Commander of the 2nd Military Region, in São Paulo, from January 18, 1962 to March 7, 1963.
He commanded the IV Army, in Recife, from October 10, 1964 to October 27, 1965.
He was Commander of the Superior War School, between 28 September 1966 and 13 March 1967. He then served as Minister of the Army in the Costa e Silva government, between 15 March 1967 and 30 October 1969.
With the President of the Republic stepping down for health reasons, Lira Tavares joined a triumvirate also formed by Admiral Augusto Rademaker (his president) and Brigadier Márcio de Sousa Melo.
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