death_date children vicegovernor nationality birth_date signature term_end alma_mater constituency death_place profession order term_start spouse image name vicepresident predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion article_title birth_name
24 august 1954 lutero -- 80 -rrb- alzira -lrb- 1914 -- 92 -rrb- manuel -lrb- sarmanho -lrb- 1916 -- 97 -rrb- getúlio filho -lrb- 1917 1912 -- 43 -rrb- -- 89 -rrb- jandira -lrb- 1913 joão neves brazilian 19 april 1882 getúlio vargas signature.svg 29 8 october 1930 31 january 1951 15 november 1926 3 october may 1923 25 january 1913 1945 24 august 1954 17 december 1927 ufrgs law school rio grande do sul rio grande do sul grande do sul rio grande do sul rio catete palace , rio de janeiro , brazil lawyer , politician 14th rio grande do sul member of the brazilian senate member and of the chamber of deputies member of a legislative assembly 17th minister of finance 13th governor of 3 25 january 1928 1 february 1946 3 may 1923 25 november january 1917 25 january 1909 1930 31 january 1951 15 november 1926 darci vargas 1911 1954 ; his death getulio vargas -lrb- 1930 -rrb- . jpg getúlio vargas '' vacant '' café filho military da fonseca borges de medeiros junta of 1930 eurico gaspar dutra aníbal freire são of brazil borja , rio grande do sul , empire washington luís rio -lrb- 1930 -- 1946 -rrb- brazilian labour party -lrb- 1946 republican -- 1954 -rrb- party -lrb- 1909 -- 1930 -rrb- independent president of brazil josé linhares café filho oliveira botelho osvaldo aranha catholic church getúlio vargas
 getúlio dornelles vargas
getúlio vargas

getúlio dornelles vargas -lrb- ; 19 april 1882 -- 24 august 1954 -rrb- served as president of brazil , first as dictator , from 1930 to 1945 , and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954 .
vargas led brazil for 18 years , the longest of any president , and second in brazilian history only to emperor pedro ii among heads of state .
he favored nationalism , industrialization , centralization , social welfare and populism -- for the latter , vargas won the nickname `` the father of the poor '' .
he was a proponent of workers ' rights as well as a staunch anti-communist .
vargas was brought to power by political outsiders and the rank and file of the armed forces in the revolution of 1930 , a reaction to his loss in elections earlier that year .
his ascent marked the end of the brazilian oligarchic old republic and states-dominated coffee with milk politics .
he successfully influenced the outcome of the brazilian presidential election of 1934 , and instituted an authoritarian corporatist regime in 1937 known as the new state , prolonging his hold on power .
vargas went on to appease and eventually dominate his supporters , and pushed his political agenda as he built a propaganda machine around his figure .
vargas sought to transform brazil from a plantation-based economy into an industrialized powerhouse under the guidance of the government intervention .
his embrace of developmentalism was expressed not only in strong rhetoric , but also by lending protection to domestic industries and in a heavy investment budget aimed at kick-starting `` strategic '' sectors and setting up the necessary infrastructure .
vargas created state monopolies for oil -lrb- petrobras -rrb- , mining -lrb- vale -rrb- , steelmaking -lrb- national siderurgy company -rrb- , alkalis -lrb- national alkalis company -rrb- and automobiles -lrb- national motors factory -rrb- .
his policies shaped the brazilian economic debate for decades , from the governments of juscelino kubitschek and leftist joão goulart to the right-wing military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985 .
the protectionist trend was reversed by the 1990s with the liberal reforms of fernando collor and fernando henrique cardoso .
with the global rise of democracy in the aftermath of world war ii , vargas agreed to cede power in free elections , thus ending the vargas era .
his popularity earned him a late presidential term , but mounting pressure and political strife over his methods led him to suicide .
he was the first president in the country to draw widespread support from the masses and is regarded as the most influential brazilian politician of the twentieth century .
he was also a lawyer and landowner and occupied the 37th chair of the brazilian academy of letters from 1943 until his death in 1954 .
