Marco Maciel
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Vice President of Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 January 1995 – 31 December 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Itamar Franco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | José Alencar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | 21 July 1940||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | DEM (2007–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Maria Ferreira (m. 1966) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Profession | Lawyer and professor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Antônio de Oliveira Maciel (born 21 July 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and law school professor who served as the 22nd Vice President of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2002, twice elected[2] on the same ticket as President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the 1994 and 1998 general elections. He was a founder of the conservative PFL party, former ARENA.[citation needed]
Before vice presidency he was the President of the Chamber of Deputies (1977–1979),[3] Governor of Pernambuco (1979-1982), Minister of Education (1985–1986) and Chief of President Sarney's cabinet (1986–1987). Maciel returned to the senate following his vice presidency, until he was defeated in 2010.
Maciel was elected to the 39th Chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL) in 2003.[4]
Personal life
Marco Maciel is married to Ana Maria Maciel and has three sons, he is also a practising Roman Catholic.[5]
References
- ^ "Esposa de Marco Maciel comanda "rede de cuidado"" (in Portuguese). NE10. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Brazil's new Embraer 70-seat jet rivals small Boeing, Airbus planes". Waterloo Region Record. 30 October 2001. p. C8. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados.
- ^ Tinoco, Bianca (10 December 2003). "Marco Maciel é eleito imortal" (in Portuguese). Academia Brasileira de Letras. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Carneiro, Cláudia. "O discreto poder de Marco Macial" (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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- 1940 births
- Brazilian Roman Catholics
- Living people
- Vice Presidents of Brazil
- Members of the Federal Senate
- Education Ministers of Brazil
- Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
- Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- People from Recife
- Democrats (Brazil) politicians
- Governors of Pernambuco
- Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
- Recipients of the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
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