Famous People with Name Pires

José Diego Pires            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José Diego Pires: is Brazilian football player, who plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava. He has a gifted left foot, one of the main free kick takers.

Cornélio Pires            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cornélio Pires: was a journalist, writer, and Brazilian folklorist.Cornélio Pires was the most important studious of the country man, he understood him, and was the first to launch, in 78 rpm records, the country music, called today "roots music", as opposed to country music.

Gérard Pirès            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gérard Pirès: is a French film director and writer.

Antônio Olinto Dos Santos Pires            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Antônio Olinto Dos Santos Pires: was the first president of the state of Minas Gerais. He served as president from November 17, 1889 to November 24, 1889.

Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires: was the President of Cape Verde from March 2001 to September 2011. Before becoming President, he was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1991. Pires was the PAICV candidate in the February 2001 presidential election, defeating former Prime Minister Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy (MpD) in the second round by just 17 votes. Pires took office on March 22; the MpD boycotted his inauguration, saying that the election was marred by a "non-transparent process". As President, Pires appointed Neves as Prime Minister. He ran for a second term in the presidential election held on 12 February 2006 and again prevailed over Veiga, this time winning in the first round by a 51%-49% margin.