Aurélio de Lira Tavares

Aurélio de Lira Tavares
President of Brazil
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 Serving with Augusto Rademaker, Márcio Melo
Preceded by	Artur da Costa e Silva
Succeeded by	Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Minister of the Army
In office 15 March 1967 – 30 October 1969
President	Artur da Costa e Silva
Preceded by	Ademar de Queirós
Succeeded by	Orlando Geisel
Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet
In office 12 June 1963 – 18 October 1963
President	João Goulart
Preceded by	Albino Silva
Succeeded by	Argemiro de Assis Brasil
In office 19 September 1961 – 12 July 1962
Prime Minister	Brochado da Rocha
Preceded by	Amaury Kruel
Succeeded by	Amaury Kruel
Personal details
Born	Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905-11-07)7 November 1905 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
Died	18 November 1998(1998-11-18) (aged 93) Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Military service
Service/branch	Brazil Brazilian Army
Rank	General

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 Garrastazu 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
• Brazilian military government
• Augusto Rademaker
• Márcio Melo