Getulio Vargas was a lawyer and politician in Brazil who lived from 1882 to his suicide in 1954. He was President of Brazil from 1930-1945 and from 1951-1954. Born in San Borja to a moderately well off family, he would rise rapidly in the political ranks over his lifetime, though his...
Getúlio Vargas was the president of Brazil (1930–45, 1951–54), who brought social and economic changes that helped modernize the country. Although denounced by some as an unprincipled dictator, Vargas was revered by his followers as the “Father of th