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Getúlio Vargas

1882 - 1954

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Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒeˈtulju doʁˈnɛliz ˈvaʁɡɐs]; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazil's provisional, constitutional, and dictatorial leader, he is considered by historians as the most influential Brazilian politician of the 20th century. Born on 19 April 1882 in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, to a powerful local family, Vargas had a short stint in the Brazilian Army before entering law school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Getúlio Vargas has received more than 1,420,740 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Getúlio Vargas is the 1,425th most popular politician (up from 1,570th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Brazil and the 6th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Getúlio Varga is famous for his populist policies and efforts to modernize Brazil's economy and infrastructure, particularly through the creation of state-owned companies and the implementation of labor protections. Vargas is also known for his authoritarian tendencies and his controversial role in Brazilian politics during the mid-20th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Getúlio Vargas ranks 1,425 out of 15,577. Before her are Ernst Thälmann, Soong Ching-ling, Louis II of Italy, Anastas Mikoyan, Yitzhak Shamir, and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo. After her are Pauline Bonaparte, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Manuel Azaña, Sebastián Piñera, Omar al-Bashir, and Viktor Zubkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Getúlio Vargas ranks 28. Before her are Abdullah I of Jordan, Mohammad Mosaddegh, James Franck, Zoltán Kodály, Rodolfo Graziani, and Charles Ponzi. After her are Emmerich Kálmán, Percy Williams Bridgman, Jacques Maritain, A. A. Milne, Princess Margaret of Connaught, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1954, Getúlio Vargas ranks 11. Before her are Heinz Guderian, Colette, Robert Capa, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Princess Märtha of Sweden, and André Derain. After her are Alcide De Gasperi, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Maximilian von Weichs, Dziga Vertov, Otto Diels, and Andrey Vyshinsky.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Getúlio Vargas ranks 26 out of 2,067. Before her are Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Nelson Piquet (1952), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), and Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927). After her are Maria II of Portugal (1819), Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887), Ronaldo (1976), Romário (1966), and Roberto Carlos (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Getúlio Vargas ranks 6. Before her are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), and Michel Temer (1940). After her are Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Zumbi (1655), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897).

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