Pedro Aleixo

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Pedro Aleixo
President-designate of Brazil[a]
In role 31 August 1969 – 14 October 1969
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Artur da Costa e Silva
Succeeded by	Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Vice President of Brazil
In office 15 March 1967 – 14 October 1969
President	Artur da Costa e Silva
Preceded by	José Maria Alkmin
Succeeded by	Augusto Rademaker
Minister of Education
In office 10 January 1966 – 30 June 1966
President	Humberto Castelo Branco
Preceded by	Suplicy de Lacerda
Succeeded by	Raymundo de Aragão
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 May 1937 – 10 November 1937
Preceded by	Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada
Succeeded by	Honório Monteiro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 1959 – 11 July 1966
Constituency	Minas Gerais
In office 3 May 1935 – 10 November 1937
Constituency	Minas Gerais
State Deputy of Minas Gerais
In office 1947–1950
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	(1901-08-01)1 August 1901 Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	3 March 1975(1975-03-03) (aged 73) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	ARENA (1965–1973)
Other political affiliations	PRM (1932–1937) UDN (1945–1965)
Profession	Lawyer, politician, professor

Pedro Aleixo (1 August 1901 – 3 March 1975) was a Brazilian politician who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1937^[1] and as the 16th vice president of Brazil from 15 March 1967 to 14 October 1969.

As president of the Chamber of Deputies he witnessed the coup d'état that installed the dictatorship of the Estado Novo in Brazil.

Aleixo was the last vice president to hold the office of President of the Senate. As vice president, he was the designate to succeed Artur da Costa e Silva after he became incapacitated due to disease, but Aleixo was removed from the vice presidency on 6 October 1969 by the Brazilian military junta of 1969, which took the acting presidency instead.

In September 2011, pursuant to Law Nº 12.486, Aleixo was included in the gallery of those who were anointed by the Brazilian Nation to the Supreme Magistracy. This means that he should be considered an ex-president, for all legal purposes.

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