Getúlio Vargas
Acting
April 19, 1882
Died at age 72
August 24, 1954
Date of Death
São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Biography
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (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.
