His Excellency General Ernesto Geisel
President of Brazil
In office March 15, 1974 ? March 14, 1979
Vice President	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Preceded by	Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Succeeded by	Joao Figueiredo
President of Petrobras
In office November 6, 1969 ? July 6, 1973
Appointed by	Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Preceded by	Waldemar Cardoso
Succeeded by	Faria Lima
Justice of the Superior Military Court
In office March 20, 1967 ? October 27, 1969
Appointed by	Castelo Branco
Preceded by	Floriano de Lima Brayner
Succeeded by	Jurandyr de Bizarria Mamede
Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet
In office April 15, 1964 ? March 15, 1967
President	Castelo Branco
Preceded by	Andre Fernandes de Sousa
Succeeded by	Jaime Portela de Melo
In office August 25, 1961 ? September 8, 1961
President	Ranieri Mazzilli
Preceded by	Pedro Geraldo de Almeida
Succeeded by	Amaury Kruel
Personal details
Born	Ernesto Beckmann Geisel ( 1907-08-03 ) August 3, 1907 Bento Goncalves , Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	September 12, 1996 (1996-09-12) (aged 89) Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cause of death	Cancer
Resting place	Sao Joao Batista Cemetery [ source? ] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	ARENA (1974?1979)
Spouse(s)	Lucy Markus (1939?1996; his death)
Children	Amalia Orlando
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1927?1969
Rank	General of the army

Ernesto Beckmann Geisel ( Portuguese pronunciation:  [e??n?stu ?b?km?? ??ajzew] , German pronunciation: [????nesto ?b?kman ??a?zl?] ; August 3, 1907 ? September 12, 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician. He was President of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military government . ^[1]

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