Itamar Franco
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (Portuguese pronunciation: [itaˈmaʁ awˈgustu kawtʃiˈeɾu ˈfɾɐ̃ku]; 28 June 1930 – 2 July 2011) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995.[1] Previously, he was the 21st vice president of Brazil from 1990 until the resignation of President Fernando Collor de Mello. During his long political career Franco also served as Senator, Mayor, Ambassador and Governor. At the time of his death he was a senator from Minas Gerais, having won the seat in the 2010 election.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cautiero and the second or paternal family name is Franco.
Itamar Franco
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Hélio Costa
Hélio Costa
José Augusto
Matta Machado
Newton Cardoso
Eduardo Azeredo
Agostinho Pestana
Saulo Moreira
Ademar de Andrade
Agostinho Pestana
2 July 2011 (aged 81)
São Paulo, Brazil
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Civil engineer
Early life and family background[edit]
Franco was born prematurely at sea,[2] aboard a ship traveling between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro, being registered in Salvador.[3] On his father's side he was of partial German descent (the Stiebler family from Minas Gerais), while on the mother's side he was of Italian descent, with both of his maternal grandparents having emigrated to Brazil from Italy. His mother's name was "Itália", which means "Italy" in Portuguese.[4] Franco's father died before his birth.
His family was from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, where he grew up and became a civil engineer in 1955, graduating from the School of Engineering of Juiz de Fora.