Antônio Carlos Magalhães | |
Office: | Senator for Bahia |
Term Start: | 1 February 2003 |
Term End: | 20 July 2007 |
Predecessor: | ACM Júnior |
Successor: | ACM Júnior |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1995 |
Term End1: | 30 May 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Ruy Bacelar |
Successor1: | ACM Júnior |
Office2: | President of the Federal Senate |
Term Start2: | 4 February 1997 |
Term End2: | 14 February 2001 |
Predecessor2: | José Sarney |
Successor2: | Jader Barbalho |
Office3: | Governor of Bahia |
Term Start5: | 15 March 1971 |
Term End5: | 15 March 1975 |
Vicegovernor5: | Menandro Minahim |
Predecessor5: | Luís Viana Filho |
Successor5: | Roberto Santos |
Term Start4: | 15 March 1979 |
Term End4: | 15 March 1983 |
Vicegovernor4: | Luís Viana Neto |
Predecessor4: | Roberto Santos |
Successor4: | João Durval Carneiro |
Term Start3: | 15 March 1991 |
Term End3: | 12 April 1994 |
Vicegovernor3: | Paulo Souto |
Predecessor3: | Nilo Moraes Coelho |
Successor3: | Ruy Trindade |
Office6: | Minister of Communications |
Term Start6: | 15 March 1985 |
Term End6: | 15 March 1990 |
President6: | José Sarney |
Predecessor6: | Haroldo Corrêa de Mattos |
Successor6: | Ozires Silva |
Office7: | President of Eletrobras |
Term Start7: | 7 November 1975 |
Term End7: | 30 May 1978 |
Nominator7: | Ernesto Geisel |
Predecessor7: | Mario Penna Bhering |
Successor7: | Arnaldo Rodrigues Barbalho |
Office10: | Mayor of Salvador |
Term Start10: | 10 February 1967 |
Term End10: | 6 April 1970 |
Predecessor10: | Julival Rebouças |
Successor10: | Clériston Andrade |
Office8: | Federal Deputy for Bahia |
Term Start8: | 6 April 1970 |
Term End8: | 1 February 1971 |
Constituency8: | At-large |
Term Start9: | 2 February 1959 |
Term End9: | 10 February 1967 |
Constituency9: | At-large |
Office11: | State Deputy of Bahia |
Term Start11: | 7 April 1955 |
Term End11: | 2 February 1959 |
Constituency11: | At-large |
Birth Name: | Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães |
Birth Date: | 4 September 1927 |
Birth Place: | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
Death Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Mother: | Helena Celestino de Magalhães |
Father: | Francisco Peixoto de Magalhães Neto |
Children: | Luís Eduardo ACM Júnior Tereza Helena |
Relatives: | ACM Neto (grandson) |
Alma Mater: | Federal University of Bahia |
Signature: | Senator Antonio Carlos MagalhãesSignature.jpg |
Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães (4 September 1927 – 20 July 2007), also known by his initials ACM, was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times.[1] Magalhães was one of Brazil's most powerful politicians serving as a Minister for Communications, as Leader of the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and as President of the Federal Senate.[2]
Magalhães was born in 1927 in Salvador, Bahia. His paternal grandparents were Portuguese.[3] Magalhães went to medical school.
His political career started at the age of 27 when he entered the Bahia state legislature. He was soon elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies, where he served three terms.[1] At first he was a protégé of Juscelino Kubitschek, who was then the President of Brazil.[2]
Magalhães supported the military coup that overthrew President João Goulart. He was appointed Mayor of Salvador and then as the Governor of Bahia twice. He also served as the head of the government's electricity agency, which enabled him to dispense patronage nationally.[2] Magalhães was also known for his harsh treatment of opponents of the regime and for his ability to make deals. This led to some of his opponents dubbing him "Toninho Malvadeza" (Little Tony Evilness).[4]
In 1985, he switched allegiance to Tancredo Neves and helped José Sarney form the Liberal Front Party. Magalhães became the Minister for Communications in Sarney's Government allowing him to grant radio and television licenses to friends and supporters. When accused of corruption, he once said "I have good and bad friends, but I only govern with the good ones."[2]
In 1991, he was elected as Governor of Bahia for the third time before being elected to the Senate in 1994. He became the President of the Senate in 1997.[4] Magalhães also became the leader of the Liberal Front Party with the Social Democrat President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso relying on his support to pass legislation. This enabled Magalhães to have supporters placed in influential positions in the Government.
Magalhães was forced to resign from the Senate in 2001 after being accused of looking at how fellow Senators voted on an impeachment issue. He was re-elected in 2002 and when in 2003 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the left wing Workers' Party was elected president, Magalhães claimed that he came from "the Workers’ Party wing of the Liberal Front Party" and was successful in having supporters appointed in Lula da Silva's administration. In January 2003, then Senator-elect Magalhães (PFL-BA) shook hands with Fidel Castro as Castro was leaving a luncheon given in Brasília in Castro's honor.[5] Later, on Castro's way to and from state visits to Africa, Castro would stop in Salvador da Bahia and spend a couple of days sharing stories with Magalhães.[2] Through this, right-winged Magalhães and communist Fidel Castro developed a friendship to the dismay of Castro's left-wing admirers in Brazil.[2]
Magalhães played an influential role in Brazilian politics until his death in 2007 from multiple organ failure.[4] He is buried at the Campo Santo Cemetery in Salvador, along with many other noted figures of the city.
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