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Adalberto Pereira dos Santos | |
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| Vice President of Brazil | |
| In office 15 March 1974 – 14 March 1979 | |
| President | Ernesto Geisel |
| Preceded by | Augusto Rademaker |
| Succeeded by | Aureliano Chaves |
| President of the Superior Military Court | |
| In office 19 March 1973 – 9 July 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Valdemar de Figueiredo Costa |
| Succeeded by | Jurandir Bizarria Mamede |
| Justice of the Superior Military Court | |
| In office 16 May 1969 – 9 July 1973 | |
| Appointed by | Artur da Costa e Silva |
| Preceded by | Olímpio Mourão Filho |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos |
| Chief of the Army General Staff | |
| In office 29 March 1968 – 11 April 1969 | |
| President | Artur da Costa e Silva |
| Preceded by | Orlando Geisel |
| Succeeded by | Antônio Carlos da Silva Muricy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 April 1905 Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Died | 2 April 1984 (aged 78) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | ARENA |
| Spouse | Julieta Campos |
| Parents |
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| Education | Military School of Realengo |
Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (11 April 1905 – 2 April 1984) was a Brazilian general and politician.[1]
A veteran of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during World War II, he served as the Army Chief of Staff during 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.
- ^ "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.