Aurélio de Lyra Tavares
| Aurélio de Lira Tavares | |
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President of Brazil Member of the Military Junta |
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In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 |
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| Co-Members |
Augusto Rademaker Márcio Melo |
| Preceded by |
Artur da Costa e Silva (President of Brazil) |
| Succeeded by |
Emílio Garrastazu Médici (President of Brazil) |
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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 |
Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905 in 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 Garrastazú 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 guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.
See also: List of Presidents of Brazil
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