Teotônio Brandão Vilela Filho (

Viçosa, Alagoas Viçosa is a Brazilian municipality in Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlanti ...

, January 29, 1951) is a Brazilian

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and

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Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

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

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He was reelected for that in 1994 and 2002. In 2006 he was elected the governor of

, being reelected in 2010.

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Living people 1951 births Governors of Alagoas Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{Brazil-economist-stub