Teotonio Vilela Filho Explained

Teotônio Vilela Filho
Office:Governor of Alagoas
Term Start:January 1, 2007
Term End:January 1, 2015
1Namedata:Wanderley Neto
Predecessor:Luís Abílio
Successor:Renan Filho
Office1:Senator for Alagoas
Term Start1:February 1, 1987
Term End1:January 1, 2007
Birth Name:Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho
Birth Date:29 January 1951
Birth Place:Viçosa, Alagoas, Brazil
Party:PSDB (1988–present)
Otherparty:PMDB (1986–88)
Alma Mater:University of Brasília (BEc)
Parents:Teotônio Vilela (father)
Profession:Economist

Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho (Viçosa, Alagoas, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian economist, politician and Governor of Alagoas from 2007 to 2015. He graduated at the Universidade de Brasília and then specialized in Business Administration at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He is a son of Alagoas couple Teotônio Brandão Vilela and Lenita Quintela. Brandão Vilela's degree in economics from the University of Brasilia (UNB), majoring in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

He is one of the sons of the former senator Teôtonio Vilela, and was one of the founders of the PSDB. In 1986, he won his first Senate elections, becoming, at the time, the youngest senator to ever take office in Brazil.[1] He was reelected for that in 1994 and 2002. In 2006 he was elected the governor of Alagoas, being reelected in 2010.

In 1997, Vilela was awarded as Honorary Knight of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gabinetecivil.al.gov.br/quem-somos/saiba-mais Gabinete Civil do Estado de Alagoas - Saiba mais...
  2. Web site: Honorary Knighthoods Awarded 1997-2006. 2009. data.parliament.uk. 6 June 2021.