Miguel Arraes de Alencar (15 December 1916 – 13 August 2005) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Recife, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of Pernambuco.^[1][2][3]

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Miguel Arraes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 February 2003 – 21 July 2005
In office 1 February 1991 – 1 January 1995
In office 1 February 1983 – 1 February 1987
Constituency	Pernambuco
Governor of Pernambuco
In office 1 January 1995 – 1 January 1999
Vice Governor	Jorge Gomes
Preceded by	Joaquim Francisco
Succeeded by	Jarbas Vasconcelos
In office 15 March 1987 – 1 April 1990
Vice Governor	Carlos Wilson
Preceded by	Gustavo Krause
Succeeded by	Carlos Wilson
In office 31 January 1963 – 2 April 1964
Vice Governor	Paulo Pessoa Guerra
Preceded by	Cid Sampaio
Succeeded by	Paulo Pessoa Guerra
Mayor of Recife
In office 1 January 1960 – 1 January 1963
Preceded by	Pelópidas da Silveira
Succeeded by	Liberato da Costa Júnior
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
In office 1951–1959
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Miguel Arraes de Alencar (1916-12-15)15 December 1916 Araripe, Ceará, Brazil
Died	13 August 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 88) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Political party	PSD (1950–1959) PST (1959–1964) PMDB (1979–1988) PSDB (1988–1990) PSB (1990–2005)
Spouses	Célia de Sousa Leão ​ ​ (m. 1945; died 1961)​ Maria Magdalena Fiúza ​ ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	10
Relatives	Eduardo Campos (grandson) Luisa Arraes (granddaughter) Marília Arraes (granddaughter) João Henrique Campos (great-grandson)
Alma mater	Law School of Recife (LL.B.)

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Arraes was born in Araripe in the state of Ceará, but moved to Pernambuco after graduating from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law.^[2][3]

In the military takeover of the government of Brazil in 1964 Arraes was jailed and exiled. He initially refused to resign as governor of Pernambuco and was jailed by the military government in a political prison on the island of Fernando de Noronha. Arraes remained in prison for 11 months before being granted asylum in Algeria. He remained there for 14 years and returned to Brazil in 1979.^[1][2][3]

• List of mayors of Recife