Fernando Collor de Mello
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His Excellency Fernando Collor de Mello |
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Fernando Collor de Mello's official photo, 1990.
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| 32nd President of Brazil | |
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In office March 15, 1990 – December 29, 1992 |
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| Vice President | Itamar Franco (1990-1992) |
| Preceded by | José Sarney |
| Succeeded by | Itamar Franco |
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Member of the Federal Senate from Alagoas |
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Assumed office February 1, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Heloísa Helena |
| 55th Governor of Alagoas | |
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In office March 15, 1987 – May 14, 1989 |
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| Vice Governor | Moacir de Andrade |
| Preceded by | José Tavares |
| Succeeded by | Moacir de Andrade |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office February 1, 1983 – February 1, 1987 |
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| Constituency | Alagoas |
| 57th Mayor of Maceió | |
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In office January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Dílton Simões |
| Succeeded by | Corinto Campelo |
| Personal details | |
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Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello August 12, 1949 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party |
Christian Labour Party (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Social Party (1979–1986) Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (1986–1989) National Reconstruction Party (1989–1993) Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (2000–2007) Brazilian Labour Party (2007–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Celi Elisabete Júlia Monteiro de Carvalho (1975–1981) Rosane Brandão Malta (1981–2005) Caroline Serejo Medeiros (2006–present) |
| Residence | Maceió, Alagoas |
| Alma mater | University of Brasília |
| Profession | Entrepreneur, economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (Portuguese pronunciation: [feʁˈnɐ̃du aˈfõsu ˈkɔloʁ dʒi ˈmɛlu]; born August 12, 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his trial of impeachment by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President directly elected by the people after the end of the Brazilian military government. He is also the youngest President in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40.
After his resignation from the presidency, the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued, and Collor was found guilty by the Senate and sentenced to disqualification from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, for lack of valid evidence.
Fernando Collor was born into a political family. He is the son of the former Senator Arnon Affonso de Farias Mello and Leda Collor (daughter of former Labour Minister Lindolfo Collor), led by his father, former governor of Alagoas and proprietor of the Arnon de Mello Organization, the branch of Rede Globo in the state. "Collor" is a Portuguese adaptation of the German surname Koehler, from his maternal grandfather Lindolfo Leopoldo Boeckel Collor.
Collor has been serving as Senator for Alagoas since February 2007, having been first elected in 2006 and reelected in 2014.
Collor became the president of Brazilian football club Centro Sportivo Alagoano (CSA) in 1976. After entering politics, he was successively named mayor of Alagoas' capital Maceió in 1979 (National Renewal Alliance Party), elected a federal deputy (Democratic Social Party) in 1982, and eventually elected governor of the small Northeastern state of Alagoas (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party) in 1986.
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