{"slug": "president-of-brazil", "label": "President of Brazil", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Brazil", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5176750", "qid": "Q5176750", "description": "head of state and head of government of Brazil", "entries": 24, "years": 21, "span": [1909, 2025], "span_label": ["1909 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Brazilian President", "Brazilian president"], "related": [{"slug": "brazil", "label": "Brazil", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "buenos-aires", "label": "Buenos Aires", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1909, "year_label": "1909 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Afonso Pena, 6th President of Brazil (b. 1847)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373420847#June", "title": "1909", "revid": 1373420847, "section": "Deaths › June"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil (d. 1985)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#March", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#March", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#October", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Births › October"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#December", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Births › December"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "June 20", "text": "20 June: President Getúlio Vargas signs a law, creating the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES, formerly BNDE).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364591099#June", "title": "1952 in Brazil", "revid": 1364591099, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3: President Getúlio Vargas signs the law that creates the state-owned multinational corporation Petrobras.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242958868#October", "title": "1953 in Brazil", "revid": 1242958868, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24: The military do not accept Vargas' agreement and demand for his resignation. At the Catete Palace, President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart. Vice President Café Filho becomes the 18th President of Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363160041#August", "title": "1954 in Brazil", "revid": 1363160041, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil (b. 1882)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#August", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian congressman and politician, 38th President of Brazil", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#March", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Artur Bernardes, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#March", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Deaths › March"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – João Goulart replaces Jânio Quadros as President of Brazil (he is ousted in 1964).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#August", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup, starting 21 years of dictatorship in Brazil, lasting until 1985.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#March", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "September 13", "text": "13 September: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco signs the law establishing the Severance Indemnity Fund, in order to protect dismissed workers, without just cause.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291047852#September", "title": "1966 in Brazil", "revid": 1291047852, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August 31", "text": "31 August: A military junta rules the country following the sudden illness of President Artur da Costa e Silva. The junta is made up of ministers Aurélio de Lira Tavares from the Army, Augusto Rademaker from the Navy, and Márcio de Sousa e Melo from the Air Force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242958823#August", "title": "1969 in Brazil", "revid": 1242958823, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Carnation Revolution: A left-wing military coup in Portugal restores democracy, ending 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship in the country. Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano flees to Brazil and is granted political asylum by Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#March–April", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 29", "text": "29 July: Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín and Brazilian President José Sarney sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287520666#July", "title": "1986 in Argentina", "revid": 1287520666, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "June 12", "text": "12 June: President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359015537#June", "title": "1987 in Brazil", "revid": 1359015537, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Fernando Collor de Mello takes office as President of Brazil, Brazil's first democratically elected president since Jânio Quadros in 1961. The next day, he announces a currency freeze and freezes large bank accounts for 18 months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#March", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – The Brazilian Senate votes (55-22) to begin the impeachment process against the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and suspend her from office while the trial takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373037623#May", "title": "2016 in Brazil", "revid": 1373037623, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The Brazilian Senate votes (61–20) to impeach the President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff. The Vice President of Brazil, Michel Temer, who had assumed the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during Rousseff's suspension, takes office for the remainder of her term.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#August", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#October", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Following the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of Lula da Silva as president of Brazil, supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#January", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – The Supreme Federal Court convicts former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and sentences him to 27 years in prison for his involvement in the 2022 Brazilian coup plot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#September", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › September"}}]}