Israel Pinheiro da Silva

Israel Pinheiro da Silva
Israel Pinheiro monument in Brasília
Personal details
Born	4 January 1896 Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	6 July 1973(1973-07-06) (aged 77) Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Israel Pinheiro da Silva (4 January 1896 – 6 July 1973) was a Brazilian politician and engineer.

Pinheiro da Silva was a friend of President Juscelino Kubitschek and was nominated by him the engineer chief of the construction of Brasília, which took place between 1956 and 1960. Despite being an opponent of the military regime installed in 1964, Pinheiro da Silva was elected governor of Minas Gerais in a disputed election in 1965 and he served from 1966 to 1971. He continued the industrialization of the state, started by his predecessors. Pinheiro da Silva was the last directly elected governor of Minas Gerais until 1982.^[1]

References

See also

• List of Governors of Minas Gerais

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 Aureliano Chaves Levindo Ozanan Coelho Francelino Pereira dos Santos Tancredo Neves Hélio Garcia Newton Cardoso Hélio Garcia Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Itamar Franco Aécio Neves Antônio Anastasia Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior Fernando Pimentel