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.

See also

• List of Governors of Minas Gerais

Vice Presidents of Brazil
First Republic (1889–1930)	Floriano Peixoto Manuel Vitorino Francisco Rosa e Silva Silviano Brandão Afonso Pena Nilo Peçanha Venceslau Brás Urbano Santos Delfim Moreira Bueno de Paiva Estácio Coimbra Fernando de Melo Viana Vital Soares
Fourth Republic (1946–1964)	Nereu Ramos Café Filho João Goulart
Fifth Republic (1964–1985)	José Maria Alkmin Pedro Aleixo Augusto Rademaker Adalberto Pereira dos Santos Aureliano Chaves
Sixth Republic (1985–)	José Sarney Itamar Franco Marco Maciel José Alencar Michel Temer

Governors of Minas Gerais (1889 — 2016)
Antônio Olinto dos Santos Pires Cesário Alvim João Pinheiro da Silva Domingos José da Rocha Chispim Jacques Bias Fortes Frederico Augusto Álvares da Silva Antônio Augusto de Lima Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira José Cesário Faria Alvim Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão João Cândido da Costa Sena Francisco Antônio de Salles João Pinheiro da Silva Júlio Bueno Brandão Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes Júlio Bueno Brandão Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro Arthur da Silva Bernardes Raul Soares de Moura Olegário Dias Maciel Fernando de Mello Viana Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Olegário Dias Maciel Gustavo Capanema Filho Benedito Valadares Ribeiro Nísio Batista de Oliveira João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho Noraldino Lima Alcides Lins Milton Soares Campos Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Clóvis Salgado da Gama José Francisco Bias Fortes José de Magalhães Pinto Israel Pinheiro da Silva Rondon Pacheco Aureliano Chaves Levindo Ozanan Coelho Francelino Pereira dos Santos Tancredo Neves Hélio Garcia Newton Cardoso Hélio Garcia Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Itamar Franco Aécio Neves Antônio Anastasia Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior Fernando Pimentel