Adalberto Pereira dos Santos | |
Office1: | Vice President of Brazil |
Term Start1: | 15 March 1974 |
Term End1: | 14 March 1979 |
President1: | Ernesto Geisel |
Predecessor1: | Augusto Rademaker |
Successor1: | Aureliano Chaves |
Office2: | President of the Superior Military Court |
Term Start2: | 19 March 1973 |
Term End2: | 9 July 1973 |
Predecessor2: | Valdemar de Figueiredo Costa |
Successor2: | Jurandir Bizarria Mamede |
Office4: | Justice of the Superior Military Court |
Term Start4: | 16 May 1969 |
Term End4: | 9 July 1973 |
Appointer4: | Artur da Costa e Silva |
Predecessor4: | Olímpio Mourão Filho |
Successor4: | Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos |
Office5: | Chief of the Army General Staff |
Term Start5: | 29 March 1968 |
Term End5: | 11 April 1969 |
President5: | Artur da Costa e Silva |
Predecessor5: | Orlando Geisel |
Successor5: | Antônio Carlos da Silva Muricy |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1905 |
Birth Place: | Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Party: | ARENA |
Education: | Military School of Realengo |
Spouse: | Julieta Campos |
Mother: | Otília Pereira dos Santos |
Father: | Urbano Alves dos Santos |
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.