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Brazil - Search View - MSN Encarta (9486 words) |
 | Jânio da Silva Quadros, former governor of São Paulo, became President of Brazil in January 1961 and immediately initiated a programme of rigorous economies. |
| The former Minister of War, Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva, candidate of the government’s ARENA Party, was elected president in 1966. |
| Silva defeated Geraldo Alckmin in the runoff election in October 2006. |
| A short history of Brazil (967 words) |
| In 1919 Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa becomes president, suceeded in 1922 by Artur da Silva Bernardes. |
| The country is renamed Federative Republic of Brazil in 1967 and Arthur da Costa e Silva becomes president. |
| Da Costa e Silva suffers a stroke in 1969 and is succeeded by Emílio Garrastazu Médici. |
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