Alceu Collares
OfficeGovernor of Rio Grande do Sul
Term start1 January 1991
Term end1 January 1995
PredecessorSinval Guazzelli
SuccessorAntônio Britto
Office 1Mayor of Porto Alegre
Term start 11 January 1986
Term end 11 January 1989
Predecessor 1João Antonio Dib
Successor 1Olívio Dutra
Birth nameAlceu de Deus Collares
Birth date12 September 1927
Birth placeBagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death date24 December 2024 (aged 97)
Death placePorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
PartyDemocratic Labor
SpouseAntônia Collares
Neuza Canabarro
Alma materFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Alceu de Deus Collares (12 September 1927 – 24 December 2024) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul state (1991–95), and was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies and Mayor of Porto Alegre (1986–89).[1][2]

Collares was a member of the Democratic Labor Party of Brazil. He died of pneumonia on 24 December 2024, at the age of 97.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Alceu Collares De quitandeiro a governador « Sul21". www.sul21.com.br. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28.
  2. ^ "Alceu Collares Receberá Troféu Câmara Municipal". 12 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Morre o ex-governador Alceu Collares, aos 97 anos". Zero Hora. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Eduardo Leite decrees three days of official mourning for the death of former governor Alceu Collares" (in Portuguese). Governor of Estado. 24 December 2024. Archived 29 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2024.