Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Vice President of Brazil
In office
15 March 1974 – 14 March 1979
PresidentErnesto Geisel
Preceded byAugusto Rademaker
Succeeded byAureliano Chaves
President of the Superior Military Court
In office
19 March 1973 – 9 July 1973
Preceded byValdemar de Figueiredo Costa
Succeeded byJurandir Bizarria Mamede
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 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.

  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.