Aureliano Chaves

Aureliano Chaves
Aureliano Chaves (1982)
Minister of Mines and Energy
In office March 15, 1985 – December 22, 1985
President	José Sarney
Preceded by	César Cals
Succeeded by	Iris Rezende
Vice President of Brazil
In office March 15, 1979 – March 15, 1985
President	João Figueiredo
Preceded by	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Succeeded by	José Sarney
Governor of Minas Gerais
In office March 15, 1975 – July 5, 1978
Vice Governor	Levindo Ozanam Coelho
Preceded by	Rondon Pacheco
Succeeded by	Levindo Ozanam Coelho
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais
In office 1966–1974
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais
In office 1958–1966
Personal details
Born	13 January 1929 Três Pontas, Brazil
Died	30 April 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Political party	PSDB
Spouse(s)	Vivi Chaves

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

Born in Três Pontas, state of Minas Gerais, he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the ARENA party. He was selected as the governor of Minas Gerais state from 1975 to 1978 and was elected vice-president in 1979 under João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. He acted as president during Figueiredo's health crisis in 1981 and 1983.

After the democratization of Brazil, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil. After the elections of 1989 he retired from politics.