PROFILE || From the depths of the ocean - where he spent more than 20,000 hours - to the stratosphere of the polls - where he at times polled ahead of Passos Coelho or Guterres. Gouveia e Melo, the best-known military figure from the pandemic, did not fulfil his dream of reaching Belém. The former head of the Navy finished in fourth place with just over 12% of the vote.