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32nd President of Brazil
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| In office March 15, 1974 – March 15, 1979 |
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| Vice President | Adalberto Pereira dos Santos |
| Preceded by | Emílio Garrastazú Médici |
| Succeeded by | João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo |
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| Born | August 3, 1907 Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul |
| Died | September 12, 1996 (aged 88) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political party | National Renewal Alliance Party - ARENA |
| Spouse | Lucy Geisel |
Ernesto Beckmann Geisel, pron. The President of Brazil is both the Head of state and Head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Emílio Garrastazu Médici, pron. e'milju gaʁasta'zu 'mɛdisi ( December 4, 1905 &mdash October 9, 1985) was a Brazilian João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, pron. ʒu'ɐ̃w ba'tistɐ di oli'vejɾɐ figej'redu ( January 15, 1918 &ndash December 24, 1999 Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bento Gonçalves ( pron. bẽtu gõsalves is a town located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil Rio de Janeiro ( pron ˈhiu dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional (ARENA was a conservative Political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 IPA: [eʁ'nɛstu 'bɛkmɐ͂ 'gajzew], (August 3, 1907 - September 12, 1996) was a Brazilian military leader and politician. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person
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Early life and family
Born in Bento Gonçalves as the son of Lutheran German immigrants, Geisel along with his brother, Orlando (1905-1979, who would be later Minister of Army in the Médici's government), entered the army early and was the first of his class when he graduated from the Military College of Porto Alegre in 1925. Bento Gonçalves ( pron. bẽtu gõsalves is a town located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Porto Alegre ( is the 10th largest city in Brazil, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He acquired a better military knowledge as he attended the Escola Militar do Realengo, graduated, in 1928, as first in his class and could take part in the artillery as an Aspirante. Geisel witnessed and participated in the most prominent events of Brazilian history in the 20th century, such as the revolution of 1930, the Getúlio Vargas dictatorship and the 1964 military coup d'état that overthrew the leftist President João Goulart. The history of Brazil begins with the arrival of the first indigenous peoples, over 8000 years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska and then The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (ʒeˈtulju doɾˈnɛlis vaɾgɐs April 19, 1882 – August 24, 1954) served as president of The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état was a Coup d'état held against President João Goulart by the Brazilian military on the night of João Belchior Marques Goulart ( March 1, 1919 The Goulart administration Congress was reluctant to give Goulart the mandate because of military In this military intervention, Geisel was an important figure and he became Military chief of Staff of President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco. Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, pron. ũ'bɛxtu dʒi alẽ'kax kas'tɛlu 'bɾʌ͂ku ( September 20, 1900 - July 18, [1]
Also in 1964 he became Lieutenant-General and in 1966 a 4 star-General. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. In 1969 he was made president of Petrobras, the state-owned oil company of Brazil. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Petrobras ( Bovespa: PETR3 / PETR4 ( NYSE: PBR / PBRA( Latibex: XPBR / XPBRA short for Petróleo Brasileiro S Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit
Geisel married Lucy Markus, the daughter of an army colonel, in 1940. They had a daughter, Amália Lucy (later a university professor), and a son, Orlando, from whose death in a 1957 train accident his father never completely recovered. His widow died in an automobile accident in 2000. [2]
Presidency
In 1973 Geisel was appointed by President Emílio Garrastazu Médici and other military leaders to be the candidate of the National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA) for the presidency. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Emílio Garrastazu Médici, pron. e'milju gaʁasta'zu 'mɛdisi ( December 4, 1905 &mdash October 9, 1985) was a Brazilian The National Renewal Alliance Party or Aliança Renovadora Nacional (ARENA was a conservative Political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 At that time, the president of Brazil was chosen by the military and then approved by the Congress in order to give an impression of free elections. Geisel was elected by a vast majority and was inaugurated on March 15, 1974 for a five-year mandate. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.
From 1968 to 1973, the Brazilian economy grew at a rate of more than 10% per year, the fastest in the world. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. But due to the oil shock crisis in 1974, development fell to 5%-6% per year. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Because oil had to be imported, Brazil's foreign debt began to rise. External debt (or foreign debt) is that part of the total debt in a country that is owed to Creditors outside the country
In the early 1970s, the radical leftists were tortured or even murdered, while the press was censored. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally By 1974 signals of guerrilla activities were silenced. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc
Sensing that military rule could not be prolonged indefinitely, Geisel and his Chief of Staff, Minister Golbery do Couto e Silva devised a plan of gradual, slow democratization that would succeed, in spite of all attempts and threats of the opposition offered by radical sectors of the military hierarchy. The Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic ( Portuguese: Chefe da Casa Civil da Presidência da República) is the highest-ranking member of the Golbery do Couto e Silva ( August 21 1911, Rio Grande, Brazil - September 18 1987, São Paulo, Brazil
The military regime's main censorship tool, the Fifth Institutional Act, which had given the government dictatorial powers, was renounced by President Geisel in the end of 1978. Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)
In his 5 years of government, Geisel adopted a more pragmatic foreign policy. Pragmatism generally considered to have originated in the late nineteenth century with Charles Peirce, who first stated the Pragmatic maxim. Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American Magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P Albeit being a conservative and deeply anti-communist, Geisel made significant overtures towards the communist bloc. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Anti-communism refers to opposition to Communism. Historically the word "communism" has been used to refer to several types of communal social organization and
During Geisel's term of office, Brazil stablished diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and Angola, signaling a growing distance between Brasilia and Washington. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Brasília (bɾaˈziliɐ is the Capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country along a Plateau Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Although both countries remained allies, Geisel was keen to seek alliances and, more importantly, economic opportunities in other parts of the Globe, specially Africa and Asia.
In 1978 Geisel appointed General João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo as his successor. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, pron. ʒu'ɐ̃w ba'tistɐ di oli'vejɾɐ figej'redu ( January 15, 1918 &ndash December 24, 1999 He left office on March 15, 1979. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
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References
- ^ "Ernesto Geisel. The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état was a Coup d'état held against President João Goulart by the Brazilian military on the night of See also List of Brazilian monarchs This is a list of Presidents of Brazil. " Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.
- ^ (Portuguese) Death notice
| Preceded by Emílio Garrastazú Médici |
President of Brazil 1974 – 1979 |
Succeeded by João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo |
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