Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (Brazilian Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃dwaˈfõsu ˈkɔloʁ dʒi ˈmɛlu]; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He became the youngest president in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40. After he resigned from the presidency, the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued. Collor was found guilty by the Senate and disqualified from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, for lack of valid evidence.
For the archaeological site in the Cajamarca Region, Peru also spelt Collor, see Quyllur.
Fernando Collor de Mello
Itamar Franco
Moacir de Andrade
José Tavares
Moacir de Andrade
Dílton Simões
Corinto Campelo
12 August 1949
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
PRD (2023–present)
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Arnon de Melo
Leda Collor
Fernando Collor was born into a political family. He is the son of the former Senator Arnon Affonso de Farias Mello and Leda Collor (daughter of former Labour Minister Lindolfo Collor, led by his father, former governor of Alagoas and proprietor of the Arnon de Mello Organization, a media conglomerate which manages the state-wide television station TV Gazeta de Alagoas, the affiliate of TV Globo in the state.)
"Collor" is a Portuguese adaptation of the German surname Köhler, from his maternal grandfather Lindolfo Leopoldo Boeckel Collor.
Collor served as Senator for Alagoas from February 2007 to February 2023. He first won election in 2006 and was reelected in 2014. In August 2017, Collor was accused by Brazil's Supreme Federal Court of receiving around US$9 million in bribes between 2010 and 2014 from Petrobras subsidiary BR Distributor.
Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil
- Marcello Laveniére (President of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil)
- Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (President of the Brazilian Association of Press)
1 September 1992 – 30 December 1992
(3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Convicted by the Federal Senate, ineligible for 8 years
- "Painted Faces"
- PC Farias Case
Vote to open impeachment process
441
38
0
24
Approved
Vote to suspend Collor from the Presidency
67
3
11
Collor suspended from office, Itamar Franco becomes Acting President
Vote to resume the impeachment process
73
8
Approved; process resumes, despite Collor's resignation
Vote to remove political right
76 "guilty"
3 "not guilty"
2
Convicted; Collor loses political right for 8 years
