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Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuseˈlinu kubiˈʃɛk(i) dʒi oliˈve(j)ɾɐ]; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was centered ...
Juscelino Kubitschek's tenure as the 21st president of Brazil began on 31 January 1956, after he won the 1955 Brazilian presidential election, and ended on 31 January 1961, when Jânio Quadros took office.
On 22 December 2024, the central portion of the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge [], crossing the Tocantins River as part of the BR-226 and BR-010 highway and connecting the municipalities of Estreito, Maranhão, and Aguiarnópolis, Tocantins, Brazil, collapsed, killing at least 13 people and leaving at least four others missing.
Kubitschek is the German spelling of the Czech surname Kubíček.Notable people with the surname include: Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), President of Brazil from 1956–1961
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Juscelino Kubitschek), commonly called Ponte JK (English: JK Bridge), is a steel and concrete arch bridge across Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil. It connects the eastern shore of the lake – where Lago Sul , Paranoá and Brasília International Airport are located – to Brasília's city center ...
The JK Building is the tallest building in downtown Belo Horizonte, Brazil, named for Juscelino Kubitschek, who was the mayor of Belo Horizonte and later president of Brazil. Standing at 40 stories tall, the JK Building is the third tallest building in Brazil after the Itália Building (45 stories) and Mirante do Vale (51 stories), both in São ...
The Juscelino Kubitschek Arena is the indoor multisport stadium of the Minas Tênis Clube. The name is an homage to the former Belo Horizonte mayor, former Minas Gerais governor, and former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek. The stadium is also called the Minas Tênis Clube Arena.
Brasília was only a project when in 1956 President Juscelino Kubitschek landed for the first time in the Central Plateau. Vera Cruz Airport, built in 1955 by the then Deputy-Governor of Goiás, Bernardo Sayão, at the request of the chairman of the location of the New Federal Capital, Marechal José Pessoa, already existed.