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Vargas, Getúlio Dornelles

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Vargas, Getúlio Dornelles (1883–1954)

Brazilian president 1930–45 and 1951–54. Following his presidential election failure in 1930, he overthrew the republic and in 1937 set up a totalitarian, profascist state known as the Estado Novo. Ousted by a military coup in 1945, he returned as president in 1951 with the support of the labour movement but, amid mounting opposition and political scandal, committed suicide in 1954.

He was born in São Borja and educated in law at Porto Alegre Law School. In 1922 he was elected to congress, becoming a minister of finance in 1926. In 1928 he was elected governor of Rio Grande do Sul state.



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