# Aureliano Chaves

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{{Short description|Vice President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Aureliano Chaves
| image          = Aureliano Chaves (1982).jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = 
| office         = 19th [Vice President of Brazil](/source/Vice_President_of_Brazil)
| term_start     = 15 March 1979
| term_end       = 15 March 1985
| president      = [João Figueiredo](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Figueiredo)
| predecessor    = [Adalberto Pereira dos Santos](/source/Adalberto_Pereira_dos_Santos)
| successor      = [José Sarney](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Sarney)
| office2        = [Minister of Mines and Energy](/source/Ministry_of_Mines_and_Energy_(Brazil))
| term_start2    = 15 March 1985
| term_end2      = 22 December 1988
| president2     = [José Sarney](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Sarney)
| predecessor2   = César Cals
| successor2     = [Iris Rezende](/source/Iris_Rezende)
| office3        = [Governor of Minas Gerais](/source/Governor_of_Minas_Gerais)
| term_start3    = 15 March 1975
| term_end3      = 5 July 1978
| vice_governor3 = Levindo Ozanam Coelho
| predecessor3   = [Rondon Pacheco](/source/Rondon_Pacheco)
| successor3     = Levindo Ozanam Coelho
| office4        = Member of the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Brazil))
| term_start4    = 1 February 1967
| term_end4      = 1 February 1975
| constituency4  = [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
| office5        = [State Deputy of Minas Gerais](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Minas_Gerais)
| term_start5    = 1 February 1959
| term_end5      = 1 February 1967
| constituency5  = [At-large](/source/At-large)
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Três Pontas](/source/Tr%C3%AAs_Pontas), [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2003|4|30|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| death_place    = [Belo Horizonte](/source/Belo_Horizonte), Minas Gerais, Brazil
| party          = {{Plainlist|
* [UDN](/source/National_Democratic_Union_(Brazil)) (Before 1966)
* [ARENA](/source/National_Renewal_Alliance) (1966–1979)
* [PDS](/source/Democratic_Social_Party) (1979–1985)
* [PFL](/source/Liberal_Front_Party_(Brazil)) (1985–2003)
}}
| spouse         = Vivi Chaves 
}}

'''Aureliano Chaves''' (13 January 1929 – 30 April 2003) was a Brazilian politician.

Born in [Três Pontas](/source/Tr%C3%AAs_Pontas), state of [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais), he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the [ARENA](/source/National_Renewall_Alliance_Party) party. He was selected as the governor of [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais) state from 1975 to 1978 and was elected vice-president in 1979 under [João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Oliveira_Figueiredo). He acted as president during Figueiredo's health crisis in 1981 and 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoge |first=Warren |date=1981-09-20 |title=BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SUFFERS HEART ATTACK |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/world/brazilian-president-suffers-heart-attack.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

After the democratization of [Brazil](/source/Brazil), he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil. After the elections of 1989 he retired from politics.

==See also==
*[List of governors of Minas Gerais](/source/List_of_governors_of_Minas_Gerais)

== References ==
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{{s-bef|before=[Adalberto Pereira dos Santos](/source/Adalberto_Pereira_dos_Santos)}}
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{{s-vac|next=[Itamar Franco](/source/Itamar_Franco)}}
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Category:Vice presidents of Brazil
Category:Energy ministers of Brazil
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Minas Gerais
Category:Governors of Minas Gerais
Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
Category:Candidates for President of Brazil
Category:Candidates for Vice President of Brazil

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