Getúlio Vargas
Politician
1882 – 1954
Who was Getúlio Vargas?
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history only to Emperor Pedro II among heads of government. He favored nationalism, industrialization, centralization, social welfare and populism – for the latter, Vargas won the nickname "O Pai dos Pobres". Despite his promotion of workers' rights, Vargas was a staunch anti-communist.
Vargas was brought to power by political outsiders and the rank and file of the Armed Forces in the Revolution of 1930, a reaction to his loss in elections earlier that year. His ascent marked the end of the Brazilian oligarchic Old Republic and states' dominated café com leite politics. He successfully influenced the outcome of the Brazilian presidential election of 1934, and instituted an authoritarian corporatist regime in 1937 known as the Estado Novo, prolonging his hold onto power. Vargas went on to appease and eventually dominate his supporters, and pushed his political agenda as he built a propaganda machine around his figure.
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- Born
- Apr 19, 1882
São Borja - Also known as
- Getulio Vargas
- Getúlio Dornelles Vargas
- Parents
- Spouses
- Darci Vargas
(1911/03 - 1954/08/24)
- Darci Vargas
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Died
- Aug 24, 1954
Rio de Janeiro
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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