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Jose Sarney

His Excellency
José Sarney
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31st President of Brazil
In office
15 March 1985 – 15 March 1990
Vice President None
Preceded by João Figueiredo
Succeeded by Fernando Collor de Mello
20th Vice President of Brazil
In office
15 March 1985 – 21 April 1985
President Tancredo Neves
Preceded by Aureliano Chaves
Succeeded by Itamar Franco
President of the Federal Senate
In office
2 February 2009 – 1 February 2013
Preceded by Garibaldi Alves Filho
Succeeded by Renan Calheiros
In office
1 February 2003 – 14 February 2005
Preceded by Ramez Tebet
Succeeded by Renan Calheiros
In office
2 February 1995 – 4 February 1997
Preceded by Humberto Lucena
Succeeded by Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Senator for Amapá
In office
1 February 1991 – 1 February 2015
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Davi Alcomlumbre
Senator for Maranhão
In office
1 February 1971 – 15 March 1985
Preceded by Vitorino de Brito Freire
Succeeded by Américo de Souza
Governor of Maranhão
In office
31 January 1966 – 14 May 1970
Lieutenant Antônio Jorge Dino
Preceded by Newton de Barros Belo
Succeeded by Antônio Jorge Dino
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 1955 – 17 December 1965
Constituency Maranhão
6th Academic of the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Assumed office
6 November 1980
Preceded by José Américo de Almeida
Personal details
Born José Ribamar Elias Nascimento Ferreira de Araújo Costa
(1930-04-24) April 24, 1930 (age 86)
Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
Political party National Democratic Union
(1955–1965)
National Renewal Alliance
(1965–1979)
Democratic Social Party
(1979–1985)
Liberal Front Party
(1985)
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
(1985–present)
Spouse(s) Marly Macieira (1952–present)
Children Roseana Sarney
Fernando Sarney
José Sarney Filho
Alma mater Federal University of Maranhão
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic
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José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born 24 April 1930 as José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as 31st President of Brazil from 15 March 1985 to 15 March 1990. He is the oldest living former President, and, as of the death of João Figueiredo in 1999, the only living former President not to have been elected by direct vote.

Sarney ascended in the politics of his home state of Maranhão as part of the "Bossa Nova Generation" of UDN politicians in the 1950s, young idealists seeking to reorganize public administration and rid the government of corruption and old deleterious practices. During the Brazilian military dictatorship, which imposed a two-party system, Sarney affiliated himself with the government party, ARENA, becoming the president of the party in 1979. As the regime fell, however, ARENA split over the appointment of Paulo Maluf as Presidential candidate. Sarney joined the dissenters, being instrumental in the creation of the Liberal Front Party. He agreed to run for Vice-President on the ticket of Tancredo Neves, of PMDB, formerly the opposition party to the military government. Neves won the Presidential elections, but fell ill and died before taking office, and Sarney became President. He started out his term with great popularity, but public opinion shifted with the Brazilian debt crisis and the failure of Plano Cruzado to abate chronic inflation.


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