José Alencar | |
---|---|
![]() | |
34th President of Brazil | |
In office March 15, 2007 – March 15, 2015 | |
Vice President | Lula |
Preceded by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
Succeeded by | Aécio Neves |
Governor of Minas Gerais | |
In office January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Newton Cardoso |
Succeeded by | Aécio Neves |
Senator of Minas Gerais | |
In office January 1, 1990 – March 22, 1994 | |
President of A Queimadeira | |
In office 1950–1965s | |
Personal details | |
Born | Octuber 17, 1931 Muriaé, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Died | March 2, 2016 (84 aged) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Political party | MDB (1989 - 1997)
|
Spouse(s) | Mariza Gomes (1957 - d.2016) |
Children | 3 |
José Alencar (Octuber 17, 1931 - March 2, 2016) was a Brazilian businessman and politician. He was the 34th president of Brazil, from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2015. He became the first president of the Workers' Party and the first of the party to be re-elected.
He founded his first company at the age of 18, a store called Queimadeira. In 1967, he founded the Companhia de Telas Norte de Minas (Coteminas), a textile company that had great success.
He was a senator for the state of Minas Gerais from 1990 to 1994. In 1994 he ran for governor of the state, where he was elected with 51% of the votes. In 1998, he joined the workers' party (PT), where he was re-elected governor in the same year. In 2005, he became Lula's main partner and the party, 1 year later he was a candidate to compete in Brazil's 2006 elections against Vice President Marco Maciel, won by a narrow margin, becoming the country's president.In 2010 he disputed the election for election as president, where he won for governor Aécio Neves in the second round, with 57 million votes, being at the time the most voted in the elections.
In his 8 years as president, he was marked by the participation of the Namibian War and the departure from the Iran War in 2011. The government was marked by the economic boom and the appreciation of the real in 2008, due to the success of the recovery in the 2006 crisis.