Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

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Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Justice of the Superior Military Court
In office
16 May 1969 – 9 July 1973
Appointed byArtur da Costa e Silva
Preceded byOlímpio Mourão Filho
Succeeded byRodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos
Chief of the Army General Staff
In office
29 March 1968 – 11 April 1969
PresidentArtur da Costa e Silva
Preceded byOrlando Geisel
Succeeded byAntônio Carlos da Silva Muricy
Personal details
Born(1905-04-11)11 April 1905
Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died2 April 1984(1984-04-02) (aged 78)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyARENA
SpouseJulieta Campos
Parents
  • Urbano Alves dos Santos (father)
  • Otília Pereira dos Santos (mother)
EducationMilitary School of Realengo

Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (11 April 1905 – 2 April 1984) was a Brazilian general and politician.[1]

A veteran of the

Costa e Silva's Presidency
and then headed the Highest Military Tribunal.

He was born to Portuguese settler parents. His father emigrated from Ponte de Lima in Northern Portugal in 1898 and owned a cattle ranch. His mother's side of the family emigrated from the Azores.

Dos Santos served as the 18th

vice president of Brazil under General Ernesto Geisel
from 1974 to 1979. He was the last military Vice President of Brazil.

References

  1. ^ "SANTOS, Adalberto Pereira dos". Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico Brasileiro. Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (Fundação Getulio Vargas). 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Brazil
1969–1974
Succeeded by