Background
VARGAS, Getulio was born on April 19, 1882 in Sâo Borja, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Son of General Manoel do Nascimento Vargas and Candida Doradlas Vargas.
VARGAS, Getulio was born on April 19, 1882 in Sâo Borja, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Son of General Manoel do Nascimento Vargas and Candida Doradlas Vargas.
Attorney general of the district of Porto Alegre, 1907-1908. Began the practice of law in Sâo Borja, 1908. State deputy, 1909-1911.
Refused re-election to devote himself once more to his legal practice. Declined the office of Chief of Police of Rio Grande do Sul. Reelected state deputy, 1919.
Rapporteur of the budget committee of the State Legislature, 1919-1920. President of the Committee on Ways and Means (Constituiçâo e Poderes) of id., 1922. Organized the Seventh Provisional Corps (with the rank of lieutenant colonel) which defended the legal government in the revolutionary movement of 1923.
Federal deputy from the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Leader in the Chamber of Deputies of the southern republican delegation (bancada republicana gaucha). Minister of Finance, 1926.
Elected president of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, 1927. Provisional President of Brazil, 1930-1934. Elected Constitutional President of Brazil, 1934.
He served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, favored nationalism
Married Darcy Sarmanho Vargas.