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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, dictatorial and democratic 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 1,545,544 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Getúlio Vargas is the 1,150th most popular politician (up from 1,421st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 26th in 2019) and the 5th 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 1,150 out of 19,576. Before her are James II of England, Dolores Ibárruri, Mindaugas, Theophilos, Baldur von Schirach, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. After her are Möngke Khan, Xianfeng Emperor, Tvrtko I of Bosnia, Muawiya II, Anna Jagiellon, and Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Getúlio Vargas ranks 21. Before her are Günther von Kluge, Kurt von Schleicher, Abd el-Krim, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Melanie Klein. After her are Princess Margaret of Connaught, Umberto Boccioni, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Zoltán Kodály, Lili Elbe, and Rodolfo Graziani. Among people deceased in 1954, Getúlio Vargas ranks 9. Before her are Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi, Heinz Guderian, Robert Capa, Princess Märtha of Sweden, and Colette. After her are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alcide De Gasperi, André Derain, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Otto Diels, and Wilhelm Furtwängler.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Getúlio Vargas ranks 19 out of 2,236. Before her are Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), and João Havelange (1916). After her are Jorge Amado (1912), Vavá (1934), Michel Temer (1940), Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), and Djalma Santos (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Getúlio Vargas ranks 5. Before her are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), and Pedro II of Brazil (1825). After her are Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), and João Goulart (1918).

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