Ernesto Geisel
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General Ernesto Geisel |
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| 29th President of Brazil | |
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In office 15 March 1974 – 15 March 1979 |
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| Vice President | Adalberto dos Santos |
| Preceded by | Emílio Garrastazu Médici |
| Succeeded by | João Figueiredo |
| 13th President of Petrobras | |
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In office 6 November 1969 – 6 July 1973 |
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| Appointed by | Emílio Garrastazu Médici |
| Preceded by | Waldemar Cardoso |
| Succeeded by | Faria Lima |
| Minister of the Superior Military Court | |
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In office 20 March 1967 – 27 October 1969 |
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| Appointed by | Castelo Branco |
| Preceded by | Floriano de Lima Brayner |
| Succeeded by | Jurandyr de Bizarria Mamede |
| Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet | |
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In office 15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967 |
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| President | Castelo Branco |
| Preceded by | André Fernandes de Sousa |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Portela de Melo |
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In office 25 August 1961 – 8 September 1961 |
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| President | Ranieri Mazzilli |
| Preceded by | Pedro Geraldo de Almeida |
| Succeeded by | Amaury Kruel |
| Personal details | |
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Ernesto Beckmann Geisel 3 August 1907 Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Died | 12 September 1996 (aged 89) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Resting place |
São João Batista Cemetery Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | ARENA |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Markus (m. 1939) |
| Children | Amália Orlando |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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| Allegiance |
 Brazil
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| Service/branch |
 Brazilian Army
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| Years of service | 1927–1969 |
| Rank |
 Army General
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Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (Portuguese pronunciation: [eɾˈnɛstu ˈbɛkmɐ̃ ˈɡajzew], German pronunciation: [ɛɐ̯ˈnesto ˈbɛkmɐn ˈɡaɪzl̩]) 3 August 1907 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who was President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military government.
Ernesto Geisel was born in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul province. His father was Guilherme Augusto Geisel (born Wilhelm August Geisel), a German Brazilian teacher from Herborn who immigrated to the Empire of Brazil in 1883 at age 16. His mother was the homemaker Lydia Beckmann, born in Brazil in (Teutônia) colony to German parents from Osnabrück.
In Bento Gonçalves, where Ernesto was raised, there were only two families of German origin - Geisels and Drehers - while the majority of the population was composed of Italian immigrants. Remembering the contact with the local Italian immigrants during his childhood Geisel described the cultural contrasts between the strict and rigorous education that his German parents imposed compared to the freedom and more relaxed way of life that his Italian friends had, and whom he admired.
Geisel was raised in a Lutheran family (they belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil; his grandfather was a priest) and he claimed to come from a relatively poor family of lower middle class. At home Geisel spoke German as well as Portuguese because his father, who spoke Portuguese so well that he became a teacher of this language, did not want his children to speak Portuguese with a foreign accent. As an adult, Geisel reported that he was able to understand the German language, but was not able to write it and had some difficulty speaking it.
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