Alfredo Karam

{{Short description|Brazilian naval officer and politician (1925–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alfredo Karam

| image = 35 alfredokaram 0.jpg

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1925|03|28}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|09|06|1925|03|28}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| nationality = Brazilian

| other_names =

| occupation = Naval officer

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| education = Naval School
Basic Enlisted Submarine School

| office = Commander of the Brazilian Navy

| term_start = 21 March 1984

| term_end = 15 March 1985

| predecessor = {{ill|Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca|pt}}

| successor = {{ill|Henrique Saboia|pt}}

}}

Alfredo Karam (28 March 1925 – 6 September 2024) was a Brazilian military officer and politician. He served as Commander of the Brazilian Navy from 1984 to 1985.{{cite web|url=https://www18.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/karam-alfredo|title=Karam, Alfredo|work=Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil|language=Portuguese}} He was also the father of the late actor Guilherme Karan.{{Cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/famosos/pai-de-guilherme-karam-chega-ao-hospital-apos-morte-do-filho-19664111.html |title= Pai de Guilherme Karam chega ao hospital após a morte do filho |date=7 July 2016|website=Extra |access-date=9 September 2024 | language=pt-BR}}

Karam died in Rio de Janeiro on 6 September 2024, at the age of 99.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 September 2024|title=Morre no Rio de Janeiro um ícone da Marinha do Brasil, Almirante Karam|trans-title= |url=https://www.trbn.com.br/materia/I113970/morre-no-rio-de-janeiro-um-icone-da-marinha-do-brasil-almirante-karan|language=Portuguese|work=Tribuna da Bahia|location=Salvador|access-date=9 September 2024}}