And was the longest-serving member of the Brazilian Congress at the time of his retirement
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José Sarney
José Sarney de Araújo Costa is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of Brazil for a month between March and April 1985.
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culture · President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990 · lawyer · journalist · politician · writer · poet · novelist · also José Sarney, Jose Sarney, Sarney
Born 24 April 1930 · Q244997
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2015· 2 entries
Had one of the longest congressional careers in Brazilian history
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2009–2013).
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The British weekly The Economist called his election as President of the Senate "a victory for semi-feudalism" and "a throwback to an era of semi-feudal politics that still prevails in corners of Brazil and holds the res
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2003–2005).
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (1995).
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Career landmark: President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (1995–1997).
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1994· 1 entry
And 1998 and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2002
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: Maranhão senator (1991–2015).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Peking University (1988).
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And in the following year, the first direct elections since 1960 were held
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1985· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Brazil (1985–1990).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1985–1985).
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1984· 1 entry
The junta was under pressure due to popular protests to reinstate direct elections for president (Diretas Já movement)
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1979· 1 entry
ARENA reorganized as the Democratic Social Party (PDS), and Sarney remained the party's president
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1965· 1 entry
Legally adopted the name José Sarney de Araújo Costa, usually shortened to José Sarney, for electoral purposes
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1955· 1 entry
Until his retirement from the Senate in 2015
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1953· 1 entry
Graduated from the federal university receiving his bachelor's degree in law
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1952· 1 entry
Sarney married Marly Macieira
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-04-24.
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