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4 days ago · Dilma Rousseff addresses the Brazilian National Congress as president. Dilma Rousseff took office as President of Brazil on January 1, 2011. The inauguration event – which was organized by her transition team, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Presidency of the Republic – was expected with anticipation, as she was the first woman to preside over the country.
May 3, 2024 · Title / Office: president (2011-2016), Brazil. Political Affiliation: Workers’ Party. Role In: Petrobras scandal. Dilma Rousseff (born December 14, 1947, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian politician who in 2011 became Brazil ’s first female president. She was reelected in 2014 but impeached and removed from office in 2016.
4 days ago · In 1854, Urquiza became the first President of modern Argentina, acting both as head of government and head of state. [4] However, the Buenos Aires Province had rejected the Constitution and became an independent state until the aftermath of the 1859 Battle of Cepeda, although the internecine conflict continued.
May 16, 2024 · Luiz Inácio da Silva. Byname: Lula. Born: October 27, 1945, Garanhuns, Brazil (age 78) Title / Office: president (2023-), Brazil. Political Affiliation: Workers’ Party. Role In: Petrobras scandal. Recent News. May 15, 2024, 9:14 PM ET (AP) A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: Disinformation. May 8, 2024, 12:36 AM ET (AP)
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1 day ago · Other notes and exceptions are provided at § Notes. State. Head of state. Head of government. Afghanistan. Supreme Leader – Hibatullah Akhundzada. Acting Prime Minister – Hasan Akhund. Albania. President – Bajram Begaj.
May 16, 2024 · Jair Bolsonaro (born March 21, 1955, Campinas, Brazil) is a Brazilian politician who served as president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. A right-wing nationalist, law-and-order advocate, and former army captain who expressed admiration for the military government that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, Bolsonaro came into office on a wave of populist ...
3 days ago · Brazil. Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest country in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. Brazil faces the Atlantic Ocean along 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of ...
