Israel Pinheiro da Silva (1896–1973) was a Brazilian politician and engineer. He was born in Serro, state of Minas Gerais. Pinheiro da Silva was a friend of President Juscelino Kubitschek and was nominated by him the engineer chief of the construction of Brasília, which took place between 1956 and 1960. Despite being an opponent of the military regime installed in 1964, Pinheiro da Silva was elected governor of Minas Gerais in a disputed election in 1965 and he served from 1966 to 1971. He continued the industrialization of the state, started by his predecessors. Pinheiro da Silva was the last directly elected governor of Minas Gerais until 1982. See also: List of Governors of Minas Gerais.
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Antônio Olinto dos Santos Pires | José Cesário de Faria Alvim | João Pinheiro da Silva | Domingos José da Rocha | Chispim Jacques Bias Fortes | Frederico Augusto Álvares da Silva | Antônio Augusto de Lima | Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira | José Cesário Faria Alvim | Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira | Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena | Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes | Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão | João Cândido da Costa Sena | Francisco Antônio de Salles | João Pinheiro da Silva | Júlio Bueno Brandão | Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes | Júlio Bueno Brandão | Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro | Artur da Silva Bernardes | Raul Soares de Moura | Olegário Dias Maciel | Fernando de Mello Viana | Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada | Olegário Dias Maciel | Gustavo Capanema Filho | Benedito Valadares Ribeiro | Nísio Batista de Oliveira | João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo | Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho | Noraldino Lima | Alcides Lins | Milton Soares Campos | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira | Clóvis Salgado da Gama | José Francisco Bias Fortes | José de Magalhães Pinto | Israel Pinheiro da Silva | Rondon Pacheco | Antônio Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça | Levindo Ozanan Coelho | Francelino Pereira dos Santos | Tancredo de Almeida Neves | Hélio Carvalho Garcia | Newton Cardoso | Hélio Carvalho Garcia | Eduardo Brandão Azeredo | Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco | Aécio Neves da Cunha |
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