Aurélio de Lira Tavares
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Aurélio de Lira Tavares 7 November 1905 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 1998 (aged 93) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Branch/service |  Brazil Brazilian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–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.[1]
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.[2]
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[edit]- ^ CPDOC: Aurélio de Lira Tavares
- ^ Newton, Michael (1 April 2002): "ELBRICK, Charles Burke". In: The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings. Checkmark Books. ISBN 9781438129884
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