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A general and the last president of the military dictatorship (1979–85), Figueiredo signed the Amnesty Law and led a controlled opening, but kept up repression, rejected the direct-elections campaign and faced the foreign debt crisis.
Political axes
João Figueiredo leans further toward autocracy than 88% of the 645 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where João Figueiredo stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, João Figueiredo sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Model that organizes society into corporations of workers and employers integrated into the state, seeking harmony between classes and directed economic cooperation instead of conflict or free competition.
System that unites free enterprise with strong protectionism and state direction, prioritizing industry, jobs, and national sovereignty over global free trade and unchecked foreign capital.
Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo doctrine joining economic nationalism, a centralized state, state-tied unions, labor law and state firms such as Petrobras, against the regional oligarchies and liberalism.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian24%
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