Claim: João Figueiredo, who was the 30th President of Brazil, worked as head for a national government agency and was the presidential successor of Ernesto Geisel.
Evidence: João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (Portuguese: [ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ baˈt͡ʃistɐ dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ figejˈɾedu; January 15, 1918 – December 24, 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th President of Brazil, the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 coup d'état. Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Geisel