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Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvɐ̃nɐ ʁuˈsɛf(i)]; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who has been the Chair of the New Development Bank since March 2023.
Jun 5, 2024 · Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian politician who in 2011 became the country’s first female president. She was elected in 2011 but impeached and removed from office in 2016. Her ouster came amid various scandals, including a kickback scheme involving Petrobas.
Dilma Rousseff’s iconic mugshot when she was in military captivity (in public domain). Dilma Rousseff was born on December 14, 1947 to a Bulgarian father and a Brazilian mother. At the age of 20, she joined a guerrilla group in order to fight against the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Apr 12, 2016 · Ms Rousseff is accused of allowing creative accounting techniques involving loans from public banks to the treasury that artificially enhanced the budget surplus.
The presidency of Dilma Rousseff began on January 1, 2011 with Dilma Vana Rousseff's inauguration as president after defeating PSDB candidate José Serra in the 2010 elections, and ended with her impeachment on August 31, 2016, already in her second term.
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016.
Jan 1, 2011 · Dilma Vana Rousseff served as the president of Brazil from January 1, 2011 to August, 31, 2016. She was the first woman to hold that office. Rousseff was born on December 14, 1947, in Belo Horizonte, the state capital of Minas Gerais.
Sep 4, 2016 · Dilma Rousseff's biggest mistake was her unwillingness or inability to make the deals and alliances necessary to run an effective government in Brazil's fractured multi-party system
Nov 1, 2010 · Dilma Rousseff, who was elected as Brazil's first female president on Sunday, once told reporters that as a typical Brazilian girl in the 1950s she dreamed of becoming a ballerina.
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who has been the Chair of the New Development Bank since March 2023. Previously, she served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016.
