Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva
Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva (born June 9, 1901 in Rio de Janeiro , † August 19, 1989 ibid) was a Brazilian brigadier general and politician.
Life
Macedo Soares was the son of a doctor. He was Minister for Transport and Public Works in 1946 and Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1947 to 1951 . During the tenure of Costa e Silva , he served a second time as Minister for Industry and Trade from 1967 to 1969.
Honors
- 1958: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts
- As instituições de industria e comercio do Brasil. Crown, Rio de Janeiro 1972.
- To construtor do nosso tempo. Depoimento ao CPDOC. Lucia Hippolito e Ignez Cordeiro de Farias (organizadoras). Fundação CSN, Rio de Janeiro 1998. (Contains autobiographical self-statements based on a survey of contemporary witnesses from 1986/87).
literature
- Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 51/1969 of December 8, 1969, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Cláudio Moreira Bento : Centenário do Gen Edmundo Macedo Soares e Silva. (1901-1989). on the website of the Academia de História Militar Terrestre do Brasil. Detailed biography. Retrieved April 22, 2014 (Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silva, Edmundo de Macedo Soares e |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soares e Silva, Edmundo de Macedo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian brigadier general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1989 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |