Teotonio Vilela Filho

Teotônio Vilela Filho
Governor of Alagoas
In office
January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2015
Vice GovernorWanderley Neto
Preceded byLuís Abílio
Succeeded byRenan Filho
Senator for Alagoas
In office
February 1, 1987 – January 1, 2007
Personal details
Born
Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho

(1951-01-29) January 29, 1951 (age 73)
Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil
Political partyPSDB (1988–present)
Other political
affiliations		PMDB (1986–88)
ParentTeotônio Vilela (father)
Alma materUniversity of Brasília (BEc)
ProfessionEconomist

Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho (Viçosa, Alagoas, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He is a son of Teotônio Brandão Vilela and Lenita Quintela. Brandão Vilela's degree in economics from the University of Brasilia (UNB), majoring in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

He is one of the sons of the former senator Teôtonio Vilela, and was one of the founders of the PSDB. In 1986, he won his first Senate elections, becoming, at the time, the youngest senator to ever take office in Brazil.[1] He was re-elected for that in 1994 and 2002. In 2006 he was elected the governor of Alagoas, being re-elected in 2010.

In 1997, Vilela was made a Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[2] The same year he received the Order of Military Merit of Brazil,[3] and in 2000 the Order of Merit of Portugal.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gabinete Civil do Estado de Alagoas - Saiba mais... Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
  2. ^ "Honorary Knighthoods Awarded 1997-2006". data.parliament.uk. 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Diário Oficial, 4 April 1997". pesquisa.in.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Foreigners entitled to Portuguese Orders. (Search results for "Teotônio Vilela Filho")" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República Portuguesa (Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
Political offices
Preceded by
Luís Abílio
 Governor of Alagoas
2007–2015 		Succeeded by


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