POLITICIAN

João Figueiredo

1918 - 1999

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João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w baˈtʃistɐ dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ fiɡejˈɾedu, ˈʒwɐ̃w -]; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, 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. He continued the process of redemocratization that Geisel had started and sanctioned a law decreeing amnesty for all political crimes committed during the regime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Figueiredo has received more than 401,995 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). João Figueiredo is the 5,379th most popular politician (down from 5,219th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 95th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Brazilian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, João Figueiredo ranks 5,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Artabasdos, Şahin Giray, Robert I, Count of Flanders, Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Uday Hussein. After him are Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Philip II Philoromaeus, and Stentor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, João Figueiredo ranks 71. Before him are Gabriel Axel, Kakuei Tanaka, Edwin G. Krebs, Takashi Kasahara, Robert Aldrich, and John Forsythe. After him are Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Spiro Agnew, B. K. S. Iyengar, Fernando Peyroteo, and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky. Among people deceased in 1999, João Figueiredo ranks 52. Before him are George C. Scott, Fabrizio De André, Edward Dmytryk, André Martinet, Benjamin Bloom, and Barış Manço. After him are Alfredo Kraus, Charlotte Perriand, Dirk Bogarde, Rafael Alberti, Lajos Tichy, and Daniel Nathans.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Figueiredo ranks 104 out of 2,236. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915), Telê Santana (1931), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), Leonardo Araújo (1969), and Elis Regina (1945). After him are Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Chico Xavier (1910), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Émerson Leão (1949), Bernardino Machado (1851), and Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, João Figueiredo ranks 21. Before him are Ernesto Geisel (1907), Tancredo Neves (1910), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), José Sarney (1930), and Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905). After him are Bernardino Machado (1851), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Jânio Quadros (1917), and Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883).

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