Presidential candidate Tancredo Neves arrives for a press conference during the presidential campaign in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 3, 1985. Neves was elected president on January 15, 1985 by indirect voting of an electoral college in Brasilia but became gravely ill on March 14, 1985 one day before his inauguration and died on April 21, 1985.
Tancredo Neves (1910-1985), center left, celebrates his election as President of Brazil in Brasilia, Brazil, January 15, 1985. His wife, Risoleta Neves, stands to his left. Neves is the first civilian elected to head the country following years of a right-wing military dictatorship.