Aurélio de Lira Tavares
Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 Serving with Augusto Rademaker, Márcio Melo
Preceded by	Artur da Costa e Silva (as President)
Succeeded by	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (as President)
Other political offices Ambassador of Brazil to France In office 22 July 1970 – 17 December 1974 Nominated by Emílio Garrastazu Médici Preceded by Olavo Billac Pinto Succeeded by Antônio Delfim Netto Minister of the Army In office 15 March 1967 – 30 October 1969 President Artur da Costa e Silva Military Junta (interim) Preceded by Ademar de Queirós Succeeded by Orlando Geisel Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet In office 12 June 1963 – 18 October 1963 President João Goulart Preceded by Albino Silva Succeeded by Argemiro de Assis Brasil In office 19 September 1961 – 12 July 1962 Prime Minister Tancredo Neves Preceded by Amaury Kruel Succeeded by Amaury Kruel
Personal details
Born	Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905-11-07)7 November 1905 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Died	18 November 1998(1998-11-18) (aged 93) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Branch/service	Brazil Brazilian Army
Rank	General

Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year.^[1]

During the government of the junta, the American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.^[2]

• List of presidents of Brazil
• Brazilian military government
• Augusto Rademaker
• Márcio Melo