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{{Short description|Vice President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Aureliano Chaves
| image         = Aureliano Chaves (1982).jpg
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| caption       =
| office        = 19th [[Vice President of Brazil]]
| term_start    = 15 March 1979
| term_end      = 15 March 1985
| president     = [[João Figueiredo]]
| predecessor   = [[Adalberto Pereira dos Santos]]
| successor     = [[José Sarney]]
| office2       = [[Ministry of Mines and Energy (Brazil)|Minister of Mines and Energy]] 
| term_start2   = 15 March 1985
| term_end2     = 22 December 1988
| president2    = [[José Sarney]] 
| predecessor2  = César Cals
| successor2    = [[Iris Rezende]]
| office3       = [[Governor of Minas Gerais]]
| term_start3   = 15 March 1975
| term_end3     = 5 July 1978
| vicegovernor3 = Levindo Ozanam Coelho
| predecessor3  = [[Rondon Pacheco]]
| successor3    = Levindo Ozanam Coelho
| office4       = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start4   = 1 February 1967
| term_end4     = 1 February 1975
| constituency4 = [[Minas Gerais]]
| office5       = [[Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais|State Deputy of Minas Gerais]] 
| term_start5   = 1 February 1959
| term_end5     = 1 February 1967
| constituency5 = [[At-large]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Três Pontas]], [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2003|4|30|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Belo Horizonte]], Minas Gerais, Brazil
| party         = {{Plainlist|
* [[National Democratic Union (Brazil)|UDN]] (Before 1966)
* [[National Renewal Alliance|ARENA]] (1966–1979)
* [[Democratic Social Party|PDS]] (1979–1985)
* [[Liberal Front Party (Brazil)|PFL]] (1985–2003)
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| spouse        = Vivi Chaves
}}

'''Aureliano Chaves''' (13 January 1929&nbsp;&ndash; 30 April 2003) was a Brazilian politician.

Born in [[Três Pontas]], state of [[Minas Gerais]], he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the [[National Renewall Alliance Party|ARENA]] party. He was selected as the governor of [[Minas Gerais]] state from 1975 to 1978 and was elected vice-president in 1979 under [[João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo]]. He acted as president during Figueiredo's health crisis in 1981 and 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoge |first=Warren |date=1981-09-20 |title=BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SUFFERS HEART ATTACK |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/world/brazilian-president-suffers-heart-attack.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

After the democratization of [[Brazil]], he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Brazil. After the elections of 1989 he retired from politics.

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Minas Gerais]]

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