Please answer the following question: Facts: - president: castelo branco ranieri mazzilli - birth name: ernesto beckmann geisel - party: arena - predecessor: emilio fernandes de sousa pedro geraldo de almeida medici waldemar cardoso floriano de lima brayner andre - birth date: 3 august 1907 - branch: 23px brazilian army - order: 29th court chief minister of the military cabinet president of brazil minister of the superior military - vicepresident: adalberto dos santos - death date: 12 september 1996 - spouse: lucy geisel - office: 13th president of petrobras - term end: 15 15 march 1967 8 september 1961 march 1979 6 july 1973 27 october 1969 - serviceyears: 1927 -- 1969 - name: ernesto geisel - death place: rio de janeiro , rio de janeiro , brazil - birth place: bento goncalves , rio grande do sul , brazil - signature: assinatura de esnesto geisel.jpg - successor: joao portela de melo amaury kruel figueiredo faria lima jurandyr de bizarria mamede jaime - nationality: brazilian - appointer: emilio medici costa e silva - allegiance: brazil brazil - term start: 15 15 april 1964 25 august 1961 march 1974 6 november 1969 20 march 1967 - image: ernesto geisel.jpg - religion: lutheranism - rank: army general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ernesto geisel .
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ernesto beckmann geisel -lrb- , -rrb- 3 august 1907 -- 12 september 1996 -rrb- was a brazilian military leader and politician , who was president of brazil from 1974 to 1979 , during the brazilian military government .