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Artur da Costa e Silva

1899 - 1969

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Artur da Costa e Silva (Portuguese: [aʁˈtuʁ dɐ ˈkɔstɐ i ˈsiwvɐ]; 3 October 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Brazilian Army Marshal and the second president of the Brazilian military government that came to power after the 1964 coup d'état. He reached the rank of Marshal of the Brazilian Army, and held the post of Minister of War in the military government of president Castelo Branco. His administration, following the enactment of Institutional Act 5 (AI-5), marked the beginning of the harshest and most brutal phase of the military dictatorship, which was continued by General Emílio Garrastazu Médici, his successor. AI-5 granted him the power to shut down the National Congress, remove politicians from office, and institutionalize repression in response to the growing opposition to the regime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur da Costa e Silva is the 5,807th most popular politician (up from 6,201st in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Artur da Costa e Silva ranks 5,807 out of 19,576. Before him are Matthias Gallas, Sālote Tupou III, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Apama, Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and Yaropolk II of Kiev. After him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Casimir II the Just, Huang Chao, Aurelius of Asturias, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Emperor Shang of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Artur da Costa e Silva ranks 69. Before him are Andrei Platonov, Louis Chiron, Georges Bidault, Akim Tamiroff, Philipp Bouhler, and Frances Yates. After him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Franz Jonas, John Christie, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Aksel Sandemose, and Princess Margaretha of Sweden. Among people deceased in 1969, Artur da Costa e Silva ranks 54. Before him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Li Zongren, Walter Christaller, Erika Mann, Ernest Ansermet, and Grażyna Bacewicz. After him are Radivoj Korać, Dragiša Cvetković, Eberhard von Mackensen, Korney Chukovsky, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Raymond A. Spruance.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Artur da Costa e Silva ranks 111 out of 2,236. Before him are Machado de Assis (1839), Sérgio Mendes (1941), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Leonardo Araújo (1969), and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939). After him are Bernardino Machado (1851), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Osvaldo Moles (1913), and Robinho (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Artur da Costa e Silva ranks 22. Before him are João Figueiredo (1918), Zumbi (1655), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), José Sarney (1930), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), and Fernando Collor de Mello (1949). After him are Bernardino Machado (1851), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Jânio Quadros (1917), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), and Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883).

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