Getúlio Vargas

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Vargas in 1930

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (Portuguese: [ʒeˈtulju doɾˈnɛlis ˈvaɾɡɐs]; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was President of Brazil. He was the dictator from 1930 to 1945. His first 15-year long rule is known as the Vargas Era. Then he was elected President in 1951 and served until 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the longest of any President. He was second in Brazilian history only to Emperor Pedro II among heads of state. He favored nationalism, industrialization, centralization, social welfare and populism. Vargas won the nickname "The Father of the Poor". He was a supporter of workers rights and was very much an anti-communist. He committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun, after he was forced by the Brazilian military to resign from the Presidency.

In 2014, sixty years after his death, the movie Getúlio which depicts the events that ended with his suicide, was made.

Getúlio Vargas Media

• Getúlio Vargas' parents, Cândida and Manuel Vargas (O Cruzeiro magazine)

• Getúlio Vargas aos 27 anos de idade.

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  Vargas and his wife Darci in June 1911, a few months after they married.

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  President Washington Luís with members of his cabinet in 1926. Vargas, Minister of Finance, can be seen in the second row, first from left.

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  Vargas visiting Caxias do Sul, 1928

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  Getúlio nomeando os Ministros 03-11-1930

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  Vargas sips coffee on a commemorative postcard of an exhibition of the National Coffee Department. This was taken much later in his first presidency (1942).

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  A Brazilian factory in 1938, during Vargas's dictatorship

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  A recruiting poster for the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution portraying Vargas in the hands of a Bandeirante. The poster is calling to "take down the dictatorship"