Armando Monteiro Filho
Armando Monteiro Filho | |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
In office September 8, 1961 – June 26, 1962 | |
Prime Minister | Tancredo Neves |
Preceded by | Ricardo Greenhalgh Barreto Filho |
Succeeded by | Renato Costa Lima |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Pernambuco | |
In office 1 February 1955 – 1 February 1963 | |
Constituency | At-large |
Personal details | |
Born | Armando de Queiroz Monteiro Filho September 11, 1925 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Died | January 2, 2018 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | (aged 92)
Political party | |
Children | 5, including Armando Monteiro |
Armando de Queiroz Monteiro Filho (September 11, 1925 – January 2, 2018) was a Brazilian businessman, engineer and politician. He served as the country's
Biography and career
Born in Recife, Monteiro Filho was the son of Armando de Queiroz Monteiro, a former Governor of Pernambuco,[1] and Maria José Dourado de Queiroz Monteiro. His father-in-law was Agamenon Magalhães, another former Governor of Pernambuca (1937–1945, 1951–1952), as well as Minister of Justice and the Interior in 1945.[1] Monteiro graduated from the University of Recife with a degree in engineering in 1945.
Monteiro Filho was elected to the state
From 1961 until 1962, he joined the government of President João Goulart as Brazil's federal Minister of Agriculture of Brazil.[1] Monteiro Filho unsuccessfully campaigned for Governor of Pernambuco, but lost to Miguel Arraes in the gubernatorial general election.[1]
Following the
Armando Monteiro Filho died at his home in the Zona Sul neighborhood of Recife on January 2, 2018, at the age of 92. He had been in declining health and had suffered from respiratory illness since December 2017. He was survived by five children, including former Senator Armando Monteiro, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.[1] He was buried in the Cemitério Morada da Paz in Paulista.[1]