Aurélio de Lira Tavares

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Aurélio de Lira Tavares
Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 Serving with Augusto Rademaker, Márcio Melo
Preceded by	Artur da Costa e Silva (as President)
Succeeded by	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (as President)
Other political offices Ambassador of Brazil to France In office 22 July 1970 – 17 December 1974 Nominated by Emílio Garrastazu Médici Preceded by Olavo Billac Pinto Succeeded by Antônio Delfim Netto Minister of the Army In office 15 March 1967 – 30 October 1969 President Artur da Costa e Silva Military Junta Preceded by Ademar de Queirós Succeeded by Orlando Geisel Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet In office 12 June 1963 – 18 October 1963 President João Goulart Preceded by Albino Silva Succeeded by Argemiro de Assis Brasil In office 19 September 1961 – 12 July 1962 Prime Minister Tancredo Neves Preceded by Amaury Kruel Succeeded by Amaury Kruel
Personal details
Born	Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905-11-07)7 November 1905 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Died	18 November 1998(1998-11-18) (aged 93) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Isolina Maria Leitão de Abreu ​ ​ (m. 1934)​
Children	2
Parents	João de Lira Tavares (father) Rosa Amélia de Araújo (mother)
Education	Military School of Realengo Faculty of Law of Rio de Janeiro Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro Officer Advanced Training School Army General Staff School
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1925–1970
Rank	Army general
Commands	See list 2nd Section of the Special Staff of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force Brazilian Military Mission during the Berlin Blockade 4th Section of the Armed Forces General Staff Army General Staff Office Division Artillery of the 5th Infantry Division Army Communications Director General Staff of the 1st Army 2nd Military Region Northeastern Military Command Army Production and Works Department Superior School of War
Battles/wars	Second World War Cold War 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

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. In this capacity, he and his colleagues governed the country until General Emílio Garrastazu Médici was chosen as President of the Republic.

He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, elected in April 1970. In his poetry he used the pseudonym Adelita, which was composed of the initials of his name. His reception was hosted by Ivan Monteiro de Barros Lins. After serving on the military junta, he was Brazil's ambassador to Paris from 1970 to 1974.

On February 3, 1965, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator. On February 26, 1971, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Avis of Portugal.

He died in Rio de Janeiro on November 18, 1998, at the age of 93.

See also

• List of presidents of Brazil
• Brazilian military government
• Augusto Rademaker
• Márcio Melo

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