Geraldo Magela

Geraldo Quintão
Minister of Defense
In office
24 January 2000 – 1 January 2003
PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byÉlcio Álvares
Succeeded byJosé Viegas Filho
Attorney General of the Union
In office
6 July 1993 – 24 January 2000
PresidentItamar Franco
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded byTarcísio de Almeida Cunha
Succeeded byGilmar Mendes
Personal details
Born
Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão

(1935-07-01)1 July 1935
Taquaraçu de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died27 December 2024(2024-12-27) (aged 89)
ProfessionAttorney
Awards Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross - Grã-Cruz)

Geraldo Magela da Cruz Quintão (1 July 1935 – 27 December 2024) was a Brazilian politician.[1] Magela also served as the Brazilian Minister of Defence[2] from 2000 to 2002. Magela died on 27 December 2024, at the age of 89.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Virgílio critica relatório de Magela". Tribuna do Brasil (in Portuguese). Agência Senado. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ Gregory R. Copley, ed. (2002). Defense & foreign affairs handbook (15th ed.). Alexandria: International Strategic Studies Association. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-892998-06-4. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ^ Morre o ex-AGU e ex-ministro da Defesa Geraldo Quintão, aos 89 anos (in Portuguese)