# Getúlio Vargas

| His Excellency Getúlio Vargas |
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| Offeecial portraite, 1930 |
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| Preses o Brazil |
| **In office** 31 Januar 1951 – 24 August 1954 |
| Vice Preses | Café Filho |
| Precedit bi | Eurico Dutra |
| Succeedit bi | Café Filho |
| **In office** 3 November 1930 – 29 October 1945 |
| Vice Preses | *None* |
| Precedit bi | Sauldiers' junta (till-ding) |
| Succeedit bi | José Linhares (till-ding) |
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| Personal details |
| Born | 19 Apryle 1882(1882-04-19) Santos Reis Ferm, São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Empire o Brazil |
| Dee'd | 24 August 1954(1954-08-24) (aged 72) Catete Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
| Cause o daith | Deith by gunsel |
| Restin place | Fifteenth o November Square, São Borja |
| Naitionality | Brazillian |
| Poleetical pairty | PTB (1946–1954) |
| Ither poleetical affiliations | * PRR (1909–1930)
* Unaffiliatit (1930–1946)
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| Spoose(s) | Darci Vargas (m. 1911) |
| Bairns | Lutero, Jandira, Alzira, Maneco and Getulinho |
| Faither | Manuel do Nascimento Vargas |
| Alma mater | Liberate Faicultie o Law o Porto Alegre |
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| Militar service |
| Allegiance | First Brazilian Republic |
| Service/brainch | Brazilian Airmy |
| Years o service | * 1898–1903
* 1923
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| Rank | * Sergeant
* Lieutenant colonel (1923)
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| Unit | * 6t Infantry Battalion
* 25t Infantry Battalion
* 7t Provisional Diveesion
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| Battles/wars | * Acre War
* 1923 Revolution
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**Getúlio Dornelles Vargas** (Portuguese: [ʒeˈtulju doɾˈnɛlis ˈvaɾɡɐs]; 19 Aprile 1882 – 24 August 1954) wis Preses o Brazil. He wis the dictator frae 1930 tae 1945, governin ower a 15-year period kent as the Vargas Era. He wis electit Preses in 1951 an servit till 1954 . Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the langest o ony Preses. Anely Emperor Pedro II surpassit his time in office as a heid o state.

## Poleetical carrer

Getúlio Vargas stertit his career in politics as a lawyer an eventuawlie took control through a coup d'état in 1930, becomin' the dictator an heid o' state o Brazil unner the "Estado Novo" regime.

He wis oustit in a coup d'etat in 1945, efter which anither republic wis establisht.

He wis democratically electit as Preses o Brazil in 1950, enterin office in 1951, an served in this role till his suicide in 1954.

## Poleetical stances

He advocatit for nationalism, industrialization, centralization, social welfare an populism. He wis a supporter o warkers rights an wis verra muckle an anti-communist. Vargas wan the epithet "The Faither o the Puir."

## Daith

He wis pressurised by the military an ither opponents tae lea office in 1954 afore the end o his mandate. Insteid o retirin, he chose tae commit suicide by shootin himsel wi a gun an passin a bullet through his ain heart.

His suicide note,translated frae Inglis (aforehandedly translated frae the oreeginal Brazilian Portuguese) tae Scots as follaes, is thocht tae be ane o the maist important documents in Brazilian history durin the 20th century:

> To hatred, I respond wi' forgiveness. An tae those wha think they hae defeatit me, I answer wi' ma victory. I wis a slave o' the fowk an the day, I'm freein' masel' for eternal life. But this fowk, whase slave I wis, will nae langer be slave tae ony. Ma sacrifice will bide forever in yer souls an ma bluid will be the price o' yer redemption. I battled against the plunderin' o' Brazil. I battled against the plunderin' o' the fowk. I hae focht bare-breastit. The hatred, infamy, an calumny didnae conquer ma spirit. I hae gien ye ma life. I gied ye ma life. Now I offer ye ma daith. Nae thing remains. Calmly, I tak ma first stap on the road tae eternity an I leave life tae enter history (Levine 224)."
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