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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Governors of Maranhao, People from Sao Luis, Maranhao, Jose Sarney, Jose Roberto Gomes Santana, Julio Cesar Santos Correa, Zuluzinho, Coelho Neto, Jose Mentor Guilherme de Mello, Goncalves Dias, Jackson Lago, Luis Oliveira, Graca Aranha, Kleber Pereira, Guilherme Milhomem Gusmao, Clemer Melo da Silva, Tania Maria, Franca, Alcione Nazareth, Rychely, Aluisio Azevedo, Adelino Fontoura, David Silva Fernandes, Artur Azevedo, Belfort Duarte, Ferreira Gullar, Wamberto de Jesus Sousa Campos, Ademar Tavares Junior, Teofilo Dias, Jovaldir Ferreira, Iziane Castro Marques, Jose Clayton, Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Raimundo Correia, Fredson Camara Pereira, Turibio Santos, Roseana Sarney, Valber Mendes Ferreira, Adi Sobrinho, Francisco Alex, Ralph L. Thomas, Robert Anderson Cavalheiro, Canhoteiro, Alessandro Pinheiro Martins, Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Mestre Irineu, Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte, Rosane Kirch, Manoel Beckman. Excerpt: Jose Sarney de Araujo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: born 24 April 1930 in Pinheiro, Maranhao) is a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician. He served as president of Brazil from 15 March 1985 to 15 March 1990. Sarney ascended in the politics of his home state of Maranhao as part of the "Bossa Nova Generation" of UDN politicians in the 1950s, young idealists seeking to reorganize public administration and rid the government of corruption and old deleterious practices. During the Brazilian military dictatorship, which imposed a two-party system, Sarney affiliated himself with the government party, ARENA, becoming the president of the party in 1979. As the regime fell, however, ARENA split over the appointment of Paulo Maluf as Presidential candidate. Sarney joined the dissenters, being instrumental in the creation of the Liberal Front Party. He agreed to run for Vice-President ...
