I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.

In 1953 he was appointed by President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas to be the Minister of Justice. There was no popular public vote as the proposed Constitutional Amendment that would have aboliTancredo Nevesd the Electoral College and instituted direct elections did not obtain the necessary two-thirds majority in both Houses of the Brazilian Congress still dominated by the supporters of the military establishment. Tancredo Neves was a descendant of Amador Bueno a noted paulista from the colonial Brazilian era.

Tancredo de Almeida Neves SFO more commonly Tancredo Neves (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐ̃ˈkɾedu ˈnɛvis]; 4 March 1910 – 21 April 1985) was a Brazilian politician.