Getulio Vargas
1882 – 1954 Brazilian president, dictator
Brazil's populist strongman who pursued state-led industrialization between dictatorship and democracy.
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliations
- Estado Novo regime
Getulio Vargas dominated Brazilian politics for decades, ruling first as dictator under the Estado Novo from 1937 and later as an elected president. He pushed state-led industrialization and labor reforms while centralizing power. Facing a political crisis and pressure to resign, he took his own life in office in 1954.