Adalberto Farias Cabral
1935–2026Brazilian politician and jurist who served three terms as a Pernambuco state deputy and twice presided over the state audit court.
Particulars
Adalberto Farias Cabral was born on 15 February 1935 in Surubim, in the Agreste region of Pernambuco, and trained as an agronomy engineer at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). He devoted much of his life to public service in his home state.
He served three terms as a state deputy for Pernambuco, from 1979 to 1988. He also held posts in the Recife municipal administration, including secretary of supply and secretary of public services, and served as president of the Companhia de Transportes Urbanos (CTU).
In 1988 he was appointed a councilor of the Tribunal de Contas de Pernambuco (TCE-PE) by Governor Miguel Arraes, and he presided over the court in two periods, 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2001. He also held other leadership roles there, including vice-president, ombudsman-general and corregedor-geral, before retiring in February 2005.
He was the father of Danilo Cabral, a former federal deputy and national secretary in the Ministry of Entrepreneurship. Adalberto Farias Cabral died on 2 November 2026, at the age of 91, from complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
Compiled from source reports. Automated record.