Augusto Rademaker

Augusto Rademaker
Augusto Rademaker (1968)
President of Brazil Member of the Military Junta
In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969
Co-Members	Aurélio de Lira Tavares Márcio Melo
Preceded by	Artur da Costa e Silva (President of Brazil)
Succeeded by	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (President of Brazil)
19th Vice President of Brazil
In office 30 October 1969 – 15 March 1974
President	Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Preceded by	Pedro Aleixo
Succeeded by	Adalberto dos Santos
Minister of the Navy
In office 15 March 1967 – 30 October 1969
President	Artur da Costa e Silva
Preceded by	Zilmar de Araripe Macedo
Succeeded by	Adalberto de Barros Nunes
In office 4 April 1964 – 20 April 1964
President	Ranieri Mazzilli
Preceded by	Paulo da Cunha Rodrigues
Succeeded by	Ernesto de Melo Batista
Minister of Transportation
In office 4 April 1964 – 15 April 1964
President	Ranieri Mazzilli
Preceded by	Hélio Cruz de Oliveira
Succeeded by	Juarez Távora
Personal details
Born	11 May 1905 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	18 September 1985 (aged 80) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	ARENA
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Admiral
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (11 May 1905 – 13 September 1985) was an admiral in the Brazilian navy. Rademaker was one of the military in the Military Junta (August 30, 1969 - October 30, 1969) that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year, elected by fellow officer generals and confirmed by the Congress. In the same occasions Rademaker was picked and "elected" as vice-president for the same term as Medici's (1969–1974). He was of German and Danish descent.

During the government of the junta, the American Ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.