Evandro Lins e Silva

Evandro Cavalcanti Lins e Silva (18 January 1912 – 17 December 2002) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, writer and politician. He was Prosecutor General of the Republic, Chief of Staff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Justice of the Supreme Federal Court.

Evandro Lins e Silva
Lins e Silva in the 1960s.
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
4 September 1963  16 January 1969
Suspended by the AI-5
Appointed byJoão Goulart
Preceded byAry de Azevedo Franco
Succeeded bySeat extinct by the AI-6
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
18 June 1963  22 August 1963
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byHermes Lima
Succeeded byJoão Augusto de Araújo Castro
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office
24 January 1963  18 June 1963
PresidentJoão Goulart
Preceded byHermes Lima
Succeeded byDarcy Ribeiro
Prosecutor General of the Republic
In office
14 September 1961  23 January 1962
Appointed byJoão Goulart
Prime MinisterTancredo Neves
Preceded byJoaquim Canuto Mendes de Almeida
Succeeded byCândido de Oliveira Neto
Personal details
Born
Evandro Cavalcanti Lins e Silva

(1912-01-18)18 January 1912
Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil
Died17 December 2002(2002-12-17) (aged 90)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cause of deathHead injury
Resting placeSt. John Baptist Cemitery
Political partyPSB (1947–1961)
Parents
  • Raul Lins e Silva (father)
  • Maria do Carmo Uchôa Cavalcanti (mother)
Alma materNational Faculty of Law
OccupationLawyer • journalist • writer • politician

He was also a lawyer of criminal affairs and taught criminal law in the then Guanabara State University (current Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ)).

He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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