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João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo was a Brazilian military officer who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, and the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 Brazilian 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 term.
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politics · President of Brazil from 1979 to 1985 · politician · military officer · military personnel · also João Figueiredo, João Baptista Figueiredo, Figueiredo
Born 15 January 1918 · Died 24 December 1999 · Q192377
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2026· 2 entries
TVI: Basquetebol: João Figueiredo assume comando técnico do Sp. Braga
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo! Sports: João Figueiredo: From São Paulo and Atlético Mineiro to Başakşehir’s Front Line
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2021· 1 entry
TSF: Morreu João Figueiredo, membro português do Tribunal de Contas Europeu
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1999· 14 entries
Died 1999-12-24.
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“Você conhece uma favela do Rio de Janeiro? Você já viu a seca do nordeste? E você acha que eu vou gastar dinheiro com estádio de futebol?”
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“Em resposta a insultos que recebeu de estudantes durante a visita a Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.”
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“Sobre a possibilidade de Paulo Maluf ser eleito no colégio eleitoral.”
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“Me envaideço de ser grosso.”
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“O que eu gosto mesmo é de clarim e de quartel.”
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“Se ganhasse salário mínimo, eu dava um tiro no coco.”
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“Não posso obrigar o povo a gostar de mim. Sou o que sou, não vou mudar para que o povo goste.”
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“Quem for contra a abertura, eu prendo e arrebento.”
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“Prefiro cheiro de cavalo do que cheiro de povo.”
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“Vocês querem, então eu vou reconhecer esse sindicato (PT). Mas não esqueçam que esse partido chegará ao poder. Lá estando, tudo fará para instituir o 'comunismo'. Nesse dia, vocês vão querer tirá-lo de lá. E para tirá-lo de lá, será à custa de muito sangue. Sangue brasileiro.”
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“Juro que farei deste país uma democracia.”
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“Bom, o povo, o povão que poderá me escutar, será talvez os 70% de brasileiros que estão apoiando o Tancredo. Então desejo que eles tenham razão, que o doutor Tancredo consiga fazer um bom governo para eles. E que me esqueçam.”
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“Sei que o Brasil é um país essencialmente agrícola. Viram, não sou tão ignorante quanto dizem”
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1983).
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The Diretas Já movement pushed for direct presidential elections, but the proposal was rejected by Congress
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1982· 1 entry
Electoral reforms were introduced to secure a majority for the ruling PDS in the upcoming elections against four opposition parties
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1981· 2 entries
Was awarded Portugal's Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
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The Congress enacted a law to restore direct elections of state governors
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1980· 1 entry
The two-party system was abolished, leading to the creation of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) as the successor to the MDB and the Democratic Social Party (PDS) as the successor to ARENA, along with severa
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1979).
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Career landmark: President of Brazil (1979–1985).
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1974· 1 entry
Assumed the leadership of the National Intelligence Service of Brazil (15 March 1974 – 14 June 1978), a Brazil's internal security agency
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1966· 1 entry
Assumed the command of public defense force in São Paulo
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1961· 1 entry
Was transferred to the National Security Council
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-01-15.
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