Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905 – 18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year. During the government of the junta, the American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship. Tavares was born in João Pessoa. See also List of presidents of Brazil Brazilian military government Augusto Rademaker Márcio Melo 1905 births 1998 deaths People from Paraíba Brazilian generals Military dictatorship in Brazil Ambassadors of Brazil to France Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany