page_title: Brazilian Military Junta of 1969
hierarchical_section_title: Brazilian Military Junta of 1969
caption_attribution_description: Português: Junta governativa provisória de 1969, Aurélio Lira, Márcio Melo e Augusto Rademaker. English: Military junta of 1969, Aurélio Lira, Márcio Melo and Augusto Rademaker. Deutsch: Die drei Mitglieder der Provisorischen Regierungsjunta (2. Militärjunta) von links nach rechts: Aurélio Lira, Márcio Melo and Augusto Rademaker.
context_page_description: A Military Junta or Junta Militar ruled Brazil from August 31 to October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of President Artur da Costa e Silva and the swearing-in of Emílio Garrastazu Médici as his successor.
  At that time, Brazil was in the peak of a military dictatorship, and the Brazilian Armed Forces were unwilling to allow even their civilian supporters to have any real share of power. Pedro Aleixo, Costa e Silva's civilian vice-president, should have become acting president under the Constitution of 1967, but was prevented from taking office. The Junta was composed of the three armed forces ministers: Army Minister General Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Navy Minister Admiral Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald and Air Force Minister Brigadier Márcio de Souza e Mello. They ruled under the provisions of the highly repressive Fifth Institutional Act.
context_section_description: A Military Junta or Junta Militar ruled Brazil from August 31 to October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of President Artur da Costa e Silva and the swearing-in of Emílio Garrastazu Médici as his successor.
  At that time, Brazil was in the peak of a military dictatorship, and the Brazilian Armed Forces were unwilling to allow even their civilian supporters to have any real share of power. Pedro Aleixo, Costa e Silva's civilian vice-president, should have become acting president under the Constitution of 1967, but was prevented from taking office.  The Junta was composed of the three armed forces ministers: Army Minister General Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Navy Minister Admiral Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald and Air Force Minister Brigadier Márcio de Souza e Mello. They ruled under the provisions of the highly repressive Fifth Institutional Act (AI-5).
caption: From left to right: General Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Lieutenant-Brigadier Márcio Melo and Admiral Augusto Rademaker.
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