Enéas Carneiro

Enéas Ferreira Carneiro (November 5, 1938 – May 6, 2007) was a Brazilian physician and politician. He represented the state of São Paulo in the National Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the National Congress) and ran for the presidency three times as a perennial candidate. He was a founder and leader of the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA), which was usually seen as being on the extreme right.

Early life

Enéas was born and raised in Acre, in Brazil's far west. He lost his parents at the age of nine and had to work to support his brothers. In 1958 he left Acre to begin studies in Rio de Janeiro. After getting graduated in physics and mathematics. In 1959 he became an auxiliary anesthesiologist. In 1965 he received a medical degree from the Rio de Janeiro College of Medicine, with a specialty in cardiology. His academic pursuits, however, were not confined to medicine, and he has written articles on diverse subjects, including philosophy, logic and robotics. In 1980 he received a medical degree from the Cancer Hospital of Rio de Janeiro.