Alacid da Silva Nunes was a Brazilian politician and retired military commander and colonel.
15 Facts About Alacid Nunes
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Alacid Nunes briefly served as the Mayor of Belem from 1964 to 1965 before leaving the office to successfully pursue his candidacy for Governor of Para.
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Alacid Nunes graduated from the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras in Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Para.
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Alacid Nunes was transferred in 1961 to the Federal Territory of Amapa as the territory's Security Secretary.
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Alacid Nunes then headed the 8Th Circunscricao de Recrutamento, based in Belem, from 1961 to 1964.
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Alacid Nunes was appointed Mayor of Belem in 1964, the same year as the 1964 Brazilian coup d'etat and the installation of the Brazilian military government.
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Alacid Nunes resigned from the mayor's office in 1965 to stand for election in the Para gubernatorial election.
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Alacid Nunes was narrowly elected Governor of Para as a candidate for National Democratic Union.
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Alacid Nunes largely left politics from 1971 to 1974 to run a cement factory in Capanema, Para.
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Alacid Nunes served as a deputy in the federal Chamber of Deputies from 1975 to 1979.
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In 1979, Alacid Nunes was appointed to his old position of Governor of Para.
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Alacid Nunes served as Para's appointed governor from 1979 to 1983.
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In 1990, Alacid Nunes was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies, where he served from 1991 to 1995.
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Alacid Nunes died from a heart attack at his ranch in Marajo on 5 September 2015, at the age of 90.
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Alacid Nunes was buried with full military honors in his family plot at the Cemiterio Santa Izabel in the Guama neighborhood of Belem.