JOAO FIGUEIREDO
(João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo)
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Restorer of Civilian Democracy to Brazil. His reticence to comment publicly on anything brought him the appellation, “Minister of Silence.”
Restorer of Civilian Democracy to Brazil. He had organized a democratic election of civilians and had just stepped down.
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João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th President of Brazil, the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 coup d'état. He was chief of the Secret Service (SNI) during the term of his predecessor, Ernesto Geisel, who appointed him to the presidency at the end of his own mandate. He took the oath of office on 15 March 1979, serving until 14 March 1985.
