Carneiro, Eneas Ferreira

▪ 2008

      Brazilian cardiologist and politician

born Nov. 5, 1938, Rio Branco, Braz.

died May 6, 2007 , Rio de Janeiro, Braz.

was an extreme right-winger who ran for the presidency of Brazil three times, coming in third the second time; he won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 2002 with the most votes (1.6 million) a legislative candidate had ever received. Carneiro was recognized throughout Brazil because of his bushy black beard, large glasses, and bald head as well as his campaigning catchphrase, “My name is Enéas!” Although he had a thriving practice as a cardiologist, Carneiro was encouraged by his wife to enter politics. He founded the right-wing Party for Rebuilding the National Order (Prona) in 1989 and ran as its candidate in the first presidential election following military rule. He ran again in 1994, and in his bid in 1998, he called for Brazil to develop an atomic bomb. In 2006 Carneiro was reelected to the Chamber of Deputies and merged Prona with the centrist Liberal Party (PL) to form the Republic Party (PR).

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