Antônio Carlos Magalhães

ABOUT ANTôNIO CARLOS MAGALHãES

Affiliated with several different parties over the course of his political career, Magalhaes is perhaps best known as the Leader of the Liberal Front Party. He was also a three-time governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia and a longtime Brazilian federal senator.

After graduating from medical school, he began his political career as a member of the Bahia state legislature.

He was in favor of the 1960s military operation that deposed Brazilian President Joao Goulart .

A native of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, he later settled in Sao Paulo. On his father's side, he was a second generation Brazilian (his grandparents were born in Portugal).

Several decades apart, he and fellow Brazilian politician Aecio Neves both served as state governors and federal senators.