José Sarney

José Sarney, a cofounder of the PFL, was selected as Neves’s vice presidential candidate. The Neves-Sarney ticket won the balloting, but when Neves fell ill and died before taking office, Sarney became president; he served in the post until 1990. In 1987 the PFL withdrew…

…Neves as president and of José Sarney as vice president. (Sarney was inaugurated as president after Neves died before his term of office was to begin.)