{{Short description|Brazilian politician and lawyer (1927–2024)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alceu Collares | image = Alceu Collares Governador 1990.jpg | alt = | office = Governor of Rio Grande do Sul | term_start = 1 January 1991 | term_end = 1 January 1995 | predecessor = Sinval Guazzelli | successor = Antônio Britto | office1 = Mayor of Porto Alegre | term_start1 = 1 January 1986 | term_end1 = 1 January 1989 | predecessor1 = João Antonio Dib | successor1 = Olívio Dutra | birth_name = Alceu de Deus Collares | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|24|1927|9|12|df=y}} | death_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | party = Democratic Labor | spouse = Antônia Collares<br />Neuza Canabarro | children = | alma_mater = Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | website = }}

'''Alceu de Deus Collares''' (12 September 1927 – 24 December 2024) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul state (1991–95), and was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies and Mayor of Porto Alegre (1986–89).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sul21.com.br/jornal/alceu-collares-de-quitandeiro-a-governador/ |title=Alceu Collares De quitandeiro a governador « Sul21 |website=www.sul21.com.br |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228091057/http://www.sul21.com.br/jornal/alceu-collares-de-quitandeiro-a-governador/ |archive-date=2017-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.camarapoa.rs.gov.br/noticias/alceu-collares-recebera-trofeu-camara-municipal|title=Alceu Collares Receberá Troféu Câmara Municipal|date=12 June 2023|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228083921/http://www.camarapoa.rs.gov.br/noticias/alceu-collares-recebera-trofeu-camara-municipal|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Collares was a member of the Democratic Labor Party of Brazil. He died of pneumonia on 24 December 2024, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morre o ex-governador Alceu Collares, aos 97 anos |url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/politica/noticia/2024/12/morre-o-ex-governador-alceu-collares-aos-97-anos-cm51hdzcd005x0111spffe2sm.html |access-date=25 December 2024 |publisher=Zero Hora |date=24 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eduardo Leite decrees three days of official mourning for the death of former governor Alceu Collares |url=https://www.estado.rs.gov.br/ex-governador-alceu-collares-morre-aos-97-anos-e-leite-decreta-luto-oficial-de-tres-dias |website=Governor of Estado |access-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229180422/https://www.estado.rs.gov.br/ex-governador-alceu-collares-morre-aos-97-anos-e-leite-decreta-luto-oficial-de-tres-dias |archive-date=29 December 2024 |language=Portuguese |date=24 December 2024}}</ref>

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