José de Magalhães Pinto

José de Magalhães Pinto (1909-1996) was a Brazilian politician and banker.

Magalhães Pinto was born in Santo Antônio do Monte, in the state of Minas Gerais. He was the Governor of this state from 1961 to 1966. While governor, Magalhães Pinto became the leading civilian in the opposition movement. In 1964, Magalhães Pinto and Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, the chief of staff of the army, "emerged as the chief coordinators of the conspiracy" to depose President João Goulart by the Brazilian military.^[1] This conspiracy proved successful, and ushered in "two decades of strict military rule."^[2]

After leaving the governorship, he became the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the military government. He later left the government to run for and serve in the Senate.

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See also

• List of Governors of Minas Gerais
• 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

Governors of Minas Gerais (1889 — 2016) Antônio Olinto dos Santos Pires Cesário Alvim João Pinheiro da Silva Domingos José da Rocha Chispim Jacques Bias Fortes Frederico Augusto Álvares da Silva Antônio Augusto de Lima Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira José Cesário Faria Alvim Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão João Cândido da Costa Sena Francisco Antônio de Salles João Pinheiro da Silva Júlio Bueno Brandão Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes Júlio Bueno Brandão Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro Arthur da Silva Bernardes Raul Soares de Moura Olegário Dias Maciel Fernando de Mello Viana Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Olegário Dias Maciel Gustavo Capanema Filho Benedito Valadares Ribeiro Nísio Batista de Oliveira João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho Noraldino Lima Alcides Lins Milton Soares Campos Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Clóvis Salgado da Gama José Francisco Bias Fortes José de Magalhães Pinto Israel Pinheiro da Silva Rondon Pacheco Antônio Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça Levindo Ozanan Coelho Francelino Pereira dos Santos Tancredo de Almeida Neves Hélio Carvalho Garcia Newton Cardoso Hélio Carvalho Garcia Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco Aécio Neves da Cunha Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior Fernando Damata Pimentel